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13.05.2024 | Original Article

The Concerns of Community-Dwelling Older Women Living with Urinary Incontinence: Qualitative Research

verfasst von: Elnaz Talebi, Monir Nobahar, Mahshid Foroughan, Mohammad Reza Asgari

Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal

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Abstract

Introduction and Hypothesis

The world including Iran is facing population aging. Urinary incontinence (UI) is one of the most common health concerns of older women that can be accompanied by an increased sense of loneliness, social restrictions, and disruption in activities of daily living in addition to the regular challenges of old age. This study was aimed at explaining the concerns of community-dwelling older women living with UI.

Methods

This study used the conventional, qualitative, content analysis approach with purposive sampling. Twenty interviews were conducted with 18 participants, including 15 community-dwelling older women with UI and three family members (a husband and two daughters), over the span of 14 months (from August 2021 to October 2022). The data were collected via semi-structured, face-to-face interviews until data saturation was achieved, and were analyzed using Graneheim and Lundman’s method.

Results

The findings revealed that the concerns of older women with UI include the impasse of UI, being powerless in life, distorted social identity, and marital frustration, which fell under the main theme of sense of inadequacy.

Conclusions

Recognizing the concerns of older women with UI can make health care teams more sensitive to the importance of resolving these concerns and can offer some insight into how best to provide targeted training, support, and counseling services at individual, family, and society levels, to eventually resolve the older adult’s sense of inadequacy.

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Titel: The Concerns of Community-Dwelling Older Women Living with Urinary Incontinence: Qualitative Research
verfasst von: Elnaz Talebi
Monir Nobahar
Mahshid Foroughan
Mohammad Reza Asgari
Publikationsdatum: 13.05.2024
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Erschienen in: International Urogynecology Journal
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Elektronische ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-024-05810-7

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