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. 2024 Dec;32(Supplement):91-95.
doi: 10.21101/cejph.a7890.

Management of patients with urinary incontinence in senior age

Marek Vargovčák  1 , Erik Dorko  2 , Kvetoslava Rimárová  2 , Jana Diabelková  2
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Management of patients with urinary incontinence in senior age

Marek Vargovčák et al. Cent Eur J Public Health. 2024 Dec.
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Abstract

Objectives: Urinary incontinence is an extremely stressful and often debilitating disease, increasing morbidity in society. The aim of the work is to point out the problems of the management of incontinent patients - seniors in the context of their quality of life as well as treatment costs to find ways to make the widest possible public awareness of the fact that in most cases incontinence is solvable in terms of improving the quality of life.

Methods: The group consisted of 100 patients with urinary incontinence who were treated with conservative medical procedures at the urological outpatient clinic of the Railway Hospital in Košice. The research was conducted in the period from September 2018 to February 2019. The extended standardized Urinary Incontinence Quality of Life Measure (I-QOL) questionnaire was used to evaluate the quality of life. The SPSS program - version 16.0 was used for statistical analysis of the file and hypotheses, and the chi-square test and the McNemar test for analysis of non-parametric data distribution.

Results: The average value of the total social I-QOL score was 14.15 ± 5.03, which means that this area contributes significantly to the reduction of the quality of life. The average value of the total I-QOL score of the group studied was 63.86 ± 19.29, which indicates that urinary incontinence has a significant impact on the quality of life of seniors. Respondents considered the frequent urge to urinate and the absence of a toilet in a reachable place to be a negative factor. Feeling of the state of a certain form of inferiority and obsession was the most serious. Patients expressed approximately equal concerns about feeling out of control of their bladder and concerns about urinating as well as concerns about worsening incontinence due to aging.

Conclusion: Based on the presented results, participants achieved the highest average score in the psychological domain of quality of life (27.81 ± 7.54) and the lowest in the social domain (14.15 ± 5.03). Social support programmes aimed at reducing stigma and enhancing social engagement for individuals dealing with incontinence could help improve the social quality of life. Physical health interventions, such as pelvic floor exercises could support physical well-being.

Keywords: conservative treatment; quality of life; urinary incontinence.

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