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- Title
Evaluation of a urinary incontinence unit for community-dwelling older adults in Barcelona: Implementation and improvement of the perceived impact on daily life, frequency and severity of urinary incontinence.
- Authors
Jaume Padrós; Teresa Peris; Antoni Salvà; Michael Denkinger; Laura Coll-Planas
- Abstract
Abstract Background Urinary incontinence >(UI) is one of the most important and frequent geriatric syndromes. It is considered a silent but great social problem. Conservative management of UI, in a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach, has been successful in previous studies, leading to a partial or total remission of the syndrome. Aims To investigate the acceptance of a geriatric incontinence unit and the effect of a multidimensional intervention on the improvement of UI regarding frequency, severity and perceived impact on daily life of community-dwelling older adults. Methodology Prospective study with a multifactorial intervention with pre-post analyses. 92 patients aged 60 years and over were assessed for UI at an outpatient geriatric unit. They received an individualized conservative treatment and were followed up for 3 months. The International Consultation on Incontinence modular Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) was translated into Catalan. The difference of the perceived impact on the daily life before and 3 months after treatment was used as a primary outcome. The global score and the subscores on frequency and severity were used as secondary outcomes. Results 77.2% patients had an improvement in their perceived impact of UI on daily life. Concerning the ICIQ-SF global score, 82.6% improved. There was a significant improvement of about 30% in all dimensions measured. Many patients pointed out that being able to talk about the problem with a healthcare professional, in some cases for the first time, was very important to them. Conclusions A conservative and multidisciplinary management of UI improved the impact of UI on daily life among comorbid geriatric patients. The Catalan ICIQ-SF was successfully implemented. Outpatient geriatric incontinence units seem to be effective and should be implemented to improve detection and management of this important geriatric syndrome.
- Subjects
URINARY incontinence; URINATION disorders; DISEASES; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2008, Vol 41, Issue 4, p291
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-008-0564-5