Assessment of the social disability of elderly patients with urinary incontinence

VernacularTitle:老年尿失禁患者社会功能缺陷的评估
Author: Shu CAI
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Elderly patients; Urinary incontinence; Social disability
From: Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 2009;25(8):56-58
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective This study is to conduct an overall assessment of social function of elderly pa-tients with urinary incontinence (UI) and the factors that affect the social function exactly. Thus, some nurs-ing intervention can be put forward for the patients. Methods The investigation was carried out with inter-national consultation on incontinence questionnaire short form (ICI-Q-SF), incontinence quality-of-life scale (I-QOL) and social disability screening schedule (SDSS). Results The mean score of SDSS of patients was 4.0, this score was between patients with neurosis and patients with mental illness. The number of elderly pa-tients with UI investigated in this research who had social disability was 90. The incidence of social disability was 81.82%. Age and UI were the main factors affecting the social function of elderly patients with UI. There was significant correlation between social function and quality of life, the more serious of social disability, the poor of life quality. Conclusions Significant social disability exists in the investigated elderly patients with urinary incontinence. Some effective nursing interventions must be taken to improve the situation and increase their survival quality.