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- Title
스트레스성 요실금 여성 노인에게 적용한 이압요법이 요실금과 삶의 질 및 수면의 질에 미치는 효과.
- Authors
김 연 진; 박 효 정
- Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of auricular acupressure on the severity of urinary incontinence, quality of life, and sleep quality in elderly women with stress urinary incontinence Methods: This single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study included 53 subjects. The participants were elderly women with stress urinary incontinence. The experimental period was a total of 6 weeks, and four different acupressure sites were applied for each group; the experimental group (n=27) received auricular acupressure on the kidney, bladder, central rim, anterior lobe, whereas the placebo-control group (n=26) received acupressure on the wrist, elbow, helix 2, and helix 3. In order to examine the effects of the auricular acupressure intervention, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF), Incontinence Quality of Life (I-QOL) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were measured before and after the intervention. Results: The ICIQ-UI SF scores and the PSQI scores in the experimental group with auricular acupressure significantly decreased after 6 weeks (p<.001) compared with the scores of the placebo-control group. The I-QOL scores in the experimental group significantly increased after 6 weeks (p<.001) compared with the scores of the placebo-control group. Conclusion: Auricular acupressure was effective for mitigating the severity of urinary incontinence and improving the quality of life and sleep after 6 weeks. Therefore, auricular acupressure can be used as a non-pharmacological nursing intervention for elderly women with stress urinary incontinence.
- Subjects
URINARY stress incontinence; STATISTICAL sampling; QUESTIONNAIRES; PSYCHOLOGY of women; TREATMENT effectiveness; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; AURICULOTHERAPY; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; ACUPRESSURE; QUALITY of life; SLEEP quality
- Publication
Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 2, p203
- ISSN
1225-9012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7739/jkafn.2024.31.2.203