Quality Of Life In Women With Urinary Incontinence In The First Postpartum Year.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of life of postpartum women whoare experiencing urinary incontinence.Material and method: This research, which was a cross-sectional study, encompassed 341 womenwho had delivered within the last one year, were not pregnant and who were experiencing problems withurinary incontinence. The questionnaire includes questions about sociodemographic characteristics andthe status of experiencing urinary incontinence. “Quality of life Scale” was used to evaluate the qualityof life. Data was analyzed using the student’s t-test, one-way variant analysis and multiple regressionanalysis.Findings: It was found that the mean quality of life score of women who are experiencing urinaryincontinance was 88.8±10.3. The evaluation of the data showed significant relationships between thewomen’s quality of life and the frequency of urine leakage, the restriction of activities due to urine leakage,the effects of urinary incontinence on sexual life, experiencing urine leakage during sexual intercourse,seeking medical care because of urinary incontinence, being aware of Kegel pelvic floor muscle exercisesand performing these exercises.Conclusion: It was seen that quality of life was adversely affected in postpartum women

Keywords

• postpartum period,urinary incontinence,quality of life

POSPARTUM BİR YILLIK DÖNEMDE ÜRİNER İNKONTİNANS SORUNU YAŞAYAN KADINLARDA YAŞAM KALİTESİ

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı postpartum bir yıllık dönemde üriner inkontinans sorunu yaşayankadınlarda yaşam kalitesini belirlemektir.Gereç ve Yöntem; Kesitsel olarak yapılan araştırmanın çalışma grubunda son bir yıl içinde doğumyapmış, yeniden gebelik durumu bulunmayan ve üriner inkontinans sorunu olan 341 kadın yer almıştır.Anket formu sosyodemografik özellikleri ve üriner inkontinans yaşama durumunu değerlendiren sorulardanoluşmuştur. Yaşam kalitesini değerlendirmek için “Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. Verilerinanalizinde student t testi, tek yönlü varyans analizi ve çoklu regresyon analizi yöntemlerinden yararlanılmıştır.Bulgular: Üriner inkontinans problemi yaşayan kadınların yaşam kalitesi puan ortalamasının 88.8±10.3olduğu saptanmıştır. Yapılan değerlendirme sonucunda idrar kaçırma sıklığı, idrar kaçırma nedeniyleaktivitenin sınırlanması, idrar kaçırmanın cinsel yaşamı etkilemesi, cinsel ilişki sırasında idrar kaçırmasorunu yaşanması, idrar kaçırma sorunu nedeniyle doktora gitme, kegel egzersizini bilme ve kegel egzersiziuygulama durumu ile kadınların yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişki önemli bulunmuştur.Sonuç: Postpartum dönemde üriner inkontinansın kadınların yaşam kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkilendiğigörülmüştür

Keywords

• postpartum dönem,üriner inkontinans,yaşam kalitesi

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