Türki̇ye’de Üri̇ner İnkonti̇nans İle İlgi̇li̇ Düşünce Ve Tutumlar

Abstract

The participants thought that the initial onset of involuntary urine loss could be ignored (49.2%), it would be hard to talk about urinary incontinence due to embarrassment (41.8%), it could be prevented (88.5%), any urinary problem should be assessed and reported when health problems are assessed (57%), had an adverse effect on quality of life (86.8%) and it is manageable (95.1%). When the responses of female and male participants were evaluated separately, there were significant differences in the responses. In question 2, significantly more female participants thought that talking about urinary incontinence was not embarrassing. In question 10, significantly more male participants thought that urinary incontinence was annoying. In question 11, significantly more female participants thought that any urinary problem should be assessed and reported when health problems were assessed.

Determination of the Comfort Level and Self-Care Agency of the Women with Urinary Incontinence

“…[12] The scale is a 28-item 6-point Likerttype scale with options ranging from "absolutely disagree" to "absolutely" agree. 16 of the expressions in the items are positive (1,2,4,9,11,12,13,15,16,17,23,24,25,26,27,28), 12 are negative (3,5,6,7,8,10,14,18,19,20,21,22), and the negative items are inversely scored in calculation of the total score. The lowest and highest possible total scores in the scale are 28 and 168.…”

“…[6][7][8] UI, which is usually observed in middle-aged and elderly women, is perceived as a normal consequence of ageing, affects the quality of life and sexual functions of women negatively, leads their physical and social lives to be limited and disrupts their comfort. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Studies have determined that women with UI hide their complaints although their comfort is disrupted, they generally do not visit health institutions, and they try to cope with this problem themselves. [16,18,19] The primarily preferred approach in the treatment of UI is achievement of lifestyle change.…”

“…[24] It is seen that various studies have been conducted in the literature on women who had UI. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] However, studies examining comfort and self-care agency have not been encountered. This study was conducted to determine the comfort levels and selfcare agency of women with urinary incontinence.…”

Üriner İnkontinansın Kadınların Yaşam Doyumu ve Sosyal Kaygı Düzeylerine Etkisi: Vaka-Kontrol Çalışması

“…Üriner inkontinans her yaş ve cinsiyette görülmekle birlikte özellikle yaşlı kadınlarda yaygın bir sorundur. Dünyada kadınların üçte birini, 60 yaş üzerindeki erkeklerin ise yaklaşık %20'sini etkilemektedir (3). Dünyada kadınlarda Üİ görülme sıklığı %19-88 (4-6) olup, Türkiye'de bu oran %20,5-68,8 arasında değişmektedir (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17).…”

“…Ancak bu alt başlıkların yanı sıra kadınlarda yaşam doyumu ve sosyal kaygı ilişkisi araştırılması gereken bir durum olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Çünkü Üİ'lı kadınların yaşadıkları hastalıkla ilgili olarak utanç duydukları, depresyona yatkınlıklarının arttığı, yaşam doyumları ve özgüvenlerinde anlamlı derecede azalma görüldüğü, kendilerini daha az çekici buldukları ve diğer insanlarla iletişimden kaçınarak sosyal izolasyon yaşadıkları belirtilmektedir (2,3,31). Ayrıca Üİ kadınların; idrar kaçırma korkusu ile çok fazla evden uzaklaşmak istemedikleri, kalabalık ortamlardan uzak durmaya çalıştıkları ve cinsel ilişkiye girmekten kaçındıkları bildirilmektedir (32).…”