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                                                                <journal-id>egehfd</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2147-3463</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2667-6648</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Ege Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.53490/egehemsire.1134716</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Üriner İnkontinansı Olan Kadınlarda Kegel Egzersiz Eğitiminin Etkililiği: Metodolojik ve Deneysel Bir Çalışma</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Effectiveness of Kegel Exercise Training in Women with Urinary Incontinence: A Methodological and Experimental</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-9095</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Özdemir</surname>
                                    <given-names>Kevser</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7116-2523</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Çevirme</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşe</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SAKARYA ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20240426">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>26</month>
                    <year>2024</year>
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                                        <volume>40</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>11</fpage>
                                        <lpage>22</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20220623">
                        <day>06</day>
                        <month>23</month>
                        <year>2022</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20230426">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>26</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2011, Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2011</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Ege Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışma, üriner inkontinans tanısı almış kadınlara verilen Kegel Egzersizi eğitimi etkinliğinin değerlendirilmesi ve “Kegel Egzersizi Eğitimi Etkinliğinin Değerlendirme Ölçeği”nin geliştirilmesi, geçerlilik güvenirliğinin test edilmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirildi.Yöntem: Ön test ve son test yapılarak metodolojik ve deneysel olarak planlanan çalışma, Sakarya Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi ve Zeynep Kamil Kadın ve Çocuk Hastalıkları Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi’nde, Mart- Temmuz 2017 tarihleri arasında 105 üriner inkontinans tanısı almış kadın üzerinde yapılmıştır. Bulgular: Kadınların yaş ortalaması 49,10±8,99 yıl idi. Kegel Egzersizi eğitimi öncesi ile Kegel Egzersizi uygulamasından 8 hafta sonraki verilere göre ölçeklerin puan ortalamalarında zamana göre değişim tespit edildi (p</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>Objective: This study was carried out to evaluate the Kegel Exercise training efficacy given to women diagnosed with urinary incontinence and to develop the “Evaluation of the Usefulness and Applicability of Kegel Exercise Training Scale” and to test its validity reliability. Methods:The study, which was planned methodologically and experimentally with pre-test and post-test, was carried out on 105 women with urinary incontinence between March and July 2017. Results: The average age of women was 49.10 ± 8.99 years. According to the data before the Kegel Exercise training and 8 weeks after the Kegel Exercise application, the average scores of the scales changed over time (p</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>KEGEL EXERCISE TRAINING IN WOMEN</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kegel Exercise</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kegel Exercise</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Scale Development</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Urinary Incontinence</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Quality of Life</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Kadın Sağlığı</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Kegel Egzersizi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ölçek Geliştirme</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Üriner İnkontinans</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Yaşam Kalitesi</kwd>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">Sakarya University</named-content>
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                                                                            <award-id>2017-40-02-001</award-id>
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