2012
DOI: 10.1590/s1809-29502012000200003
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Abstract: | Urinary incontinence (UI) is considered a public health problem that should be firstly approached in the primary care units (PCU). Educational programs target to professionals who work in these units are a key component in the management of this condition. The aim of this study was to report the experience of the "Caring for Who Cares", a project developed in a PCU aimed at educating employees about UI. The educational program was carried out as a dynamic, with theoretical and practical character, lasting 2 … Show more

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“…Most women (66.9%) report that the bathroom is close to the workplace, but 48.5% believe that they waste time at work when they need to stop the activity to go to the bathroom. These data corroborate with the results obtained by another study, with community health agents that restrict access to the toilet because they are too far away from the unit, and nurses and nursing technicians, who do not interrupt the flow of care from the unit to empty the bladder depending on the number of people waiting to use the bathrooms, creating inappropriate urinary habits related to occupational activities (32).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
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“…Most women (66.9%) report that the bathroom is close to the workplace, but 48.5% believe that they waste time at work when they need to stop the activity to go to the bathroom. These data corroborate with the results obtained by another study, with community health agents that restrict access to the toilet because they are too far away from the unit, and nurses and nursing technicians, who do not interrupt the flow of care from the unit to empty the bladder depending on the number of people waiting to use the bathrooms, creating inappropriate urinary habits related to occupational activities (32).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 89%
“…Figueiredo et al (32) carried out a training session for the employees of a health clinic, where the types of UI, risk factors, therapeutic possibilities and preventive measures were discussed, including attention to urinary and intestinal habits and training of the pelvic floor muscles. The program instrumented the employees to develop self-care and to identify the need for assistance to the users, and the information, provided by trained professionals in easy and comprehensible language, provided a greater capacity to identify the problem and the consequent implementation of the therapeutic project for women with UI ( 32).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Além da diversidade de equipes onde o fisioterapeuta desenvolve atividades o público-alvo das intervenções também foi diversificado. Alguns estudos direcionaramse a ações de prevenção e promoção (5,15) , enquanto outros abordaram os dois níveis de atenção à saúde, mesclando atendimentos clínicos individuais com ações educativas direcionadas a grupos específicos (10,14) . Todo esse escopo de atividades é contemplado pelo fisioterapeuta que pode atuar na atenção primária promovendo assistência preventiva e orientações para responsabilização dos usuários bem como na atenção secundária e terciária por meio de tratamento e reabilitação de agravos à saúde (14) .…”
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“…Dentre os principais públicos, destacam-se os grupos de gestantes, grupos de postura, grupos de prevenção de inaptidão em hanseníase, grupo de idosos, grupos de trabalhadores, grupos de diabéticos e hipertensos e de usuários de prótese e órtese (16) . As atividades também contemplaram grupos específicos como idosos (5) , pacientes com incontinência urinária (14,15) e deficientes (11) . Outra atividade destacada foi a educação profissional por meio de ações para promoção de saúde e qualidade de vida de trabalhadoras em saúde (15) .…”
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