Investigation of Urinary Incontinence Prevalance and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction Awareness in Healthcare Professionals

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Objective: Current study was planned to to determine urinary incontinence prevalance, clinical variables and incontinence knowledge level of female health care professionals.
Methods: 481 voluntary female healthcare professionals (age: 40.58 ± 6.71 years) participated in the descriptive cross-sectional study conducted between 2018-2019. Urogenital Distress Inventory-6 (UDI-6) and Incontinence Ouiz (IQ) was used to evaluate the severity of urinary symptoms and the incontinence knowledge level, respectively.
Results: Urinary incontinence prevalance was 7.5% among female health care professionals. İncontinence duration, frequency and UDI-6 scores of symptomatic participants were 30.36 ± 17.25 months, 0.86 ± 0.96 times a day, 7.97 ± 3.38 respectively. Compared to those who did not apply, female healthcare professionals who applied to a physician had a higher UDI-6 score (p = 0.024) and the IQ scores of the physicians were higher than other healthcare professionals (p = 0.001).
Conclusion: Urinary incontinence prevalance was 7.5% among health care professionals. Healthcare professionals suffering from incontinence have lower incontinence duration, frequency and severity of urinary symptoms than the general population. Physicians' incontinence knowledge level was higher than other healthcare professionals.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Urinary incontinence
• Prevalance
• Healthcare workers; Knowledge level

Proje Numarası

2018KKP248

Kadın Sağlık Çalışanlarında Üriner İnkontinans ve İnkontinans Bilgi Düzeyinin incelenmesi

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Amaç: Bu çalışma kadın sağlık çalışanlarında üriner inkontinans prevalansını, klinik özelliklerini ve inkontinans bilgi düzeyini belirlemek amacıyla planlandı.
Yöntem: 2018-2019 yılları arasında gerçekleştirilen tanımlayıcı kesitsel çalışmaya 481 gönüllü kadın sağlık çalışanı (yaş:40,58±6,71 yıl) katıldı. Üriner semptom ciddiyetinin değerlendirilmesinde Ürogenital Distress Envanteri-6 (ÜDE-6), inkontinans bilgi düzeyinin değerlendirilmesinde ise İnkontinans Kısa Testi (İKT) kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Kadın sağlık çalışanlarında inkontinans prevalansı %7,5 olarak bulundu. Semptom gösteren katılımcıların inkontinans süresi 30,36±17,25 ay, frekansı günde 0,86±0,96 kez, ÜDE_6 skoru 7,97±3,38’dir. Başvurmayanlarla kıyaslandığında, doktora başvuran kadın sağlık çalışanlarının ÜDE-6 skorunun daha yüksek olduğu (p=0,024) ve doktorların İKT skorlarının diğer sağlık profesyonellerine kıyasla daha yüksek olduğu tespit edildi (p=0,001).
Sonuç: Kadın sağlık çalışanlarında inkontinans prevalansı %7,5 ‘tir. İnkontinans şikâyeti olan kadın sağlık çalışanlarının inkontinans süresi, frekansı ve üriner semptom ciddiyeti genel populasyondan daha düşüktür. Doktorların inkontinans bilgi düzeyi diğer sağlık çalışanlarından daha yüksektir.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Üriner inkontinans
• Prevalans
• Sağlık çalışanı
• Bilgi düzeyi

Destekleyen Kurum

Pamukkale Üniversitesi

Proje Numarası

2018KKP248

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