A incontinência urinária na mulher é uma afecção crônica que altera a sua qualidade de vida. Um dos tratamentos propostos é o exercício da musculatura do assoalho pélvico. A eficácia desse tipo de terapêutica depende da adesão da paciente a ele. Aderir a um tratamento é seguir as orientações dadas; no caso dos exercícios da musculatura do assoalho pélvico, envolve a incorporação da terapêutica ao cotidiano. O objetivo deste estudo é descrever três aspectos relacionados à adesão ao tratamento: satisfação, expectativa e repetição ou não do tratamento. Para a sua realização foram entrevistadas 50 mulheres que aderiram ao tratamento, atendidas no setor de Uroginecologia da Disciplina de Ginecologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Os resultados mostraram que 68% das mulheres estavam satisfeitas com o tratamento, 62% tinham expectativa de cura e apenas 12% não o repetiriam. Quando questionadas sobre os motivos para a não repetição do tratamento, a maior parte das mulheres referiu a não melhora do quadro clínico. Concluiu-se que a satisfação é alta nas mulheres que aderiram ao tratamento, a expectativa mais comum entre as entrevistadas é de cura e que o fator mais importante para repetir a terapêutica foi a melhora do quadro clínico. / The female urinary incontinence is a chronic disease which affects life quality. One of the treatments suggested is the pelvic floor exercises. The therapy depends on the patient’s adhesion. Adhesion to treatment implies to follow all medical instructions; in case of pelvic floor exercises, it involves its incorporation to daily routine. The aim of this study is to describe tree aspects regarding to the treatment adhesion – satisfaction, expectation and repetition (or not). Fifty women who have followed the treatment were interviewed. They were recruited from the Urogynecology Service of Clínicas Hospital of São Paulo University Medical School. The results demonstrated that 68% of women were satisfied with the treatment, 62% expected to be cured, and only 12% hadn’t undergone the treatment appropriately. When inquired about the reasons for not repeating the treatment, most of the women have mentioned that they haven’t seen positive results. In conclusion, patient’s satisfaction level was high, cure was the main expectation, and the good response to clinical treatment was the most important reasons to repeat the treatment.

Introdução e objetivo: Incontinência urinária é o sintoma mais frequente de disfunção do trato urinário inferior. Caracterizada como perda de urina involuntária diurna em crianças com controle urinário ou maiores de 5 anos de idade, as disfunções do trato urinário inferior representam aproximadamente 40% das consultas nefrourológicas. A incontinência, além de ser causa de perda de autoestima e prejudicar a qualidade de vida do paciente e de sua família, está associada a maior risco de infecções urinárias, retardo na resolução do refluxo vesicoureteral e aumento da pressão intravesical, podendo provocar lesões graves do trato urinário superior. Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a casuística de pacientes com incontinência diurna de etiologia não orgânica em um serviço terciário, e analisar a concordância entre diagnóstico de bexiga hiperativa obtido pela anamnese, pela anamnese mais exames não invasivos, e o diagnóstico de hiperatividade detrusora pelo estudo urodinâmico invasivo. Casuística e Métodos: A investigação foi realizada no Ambulatório de Nefrologia Pediátrica do Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo de março de 2000 a dezembro de 2012. Foram analisados, retrospectivamente, prontuários de 50 pacientes, com idade entre 2 e 15 anos. Foi utilizado questionário estruturado para coletar dados de anamnese que sugerissem lesão neurológica, doença renal prévia para fins de exclusão, características dos sintomas miccionais quanto à frequência urinária, sintomas de urgência, urge-incontinência e retenção urinária, infecção urinária pregressa, constipação, enurese noturna para classificação das variáveis, dados do exame físico e diário miccional. Foram registrados, quando presentes, os resultados dos exames laboratoriais, ultrassonografia das vias urinárias, uretrocistografia miccional e cintilografia renal estática (DMSA). Anotaram-se dados da urofluxometria livre e resíduo pós-miccional, além de dados referentes ao estudo invasivo (cistometria, estudo miccional e eletromiografia). Observou-se a evolução desses pacientes após seguimento, comparando dados de sintomas urinários, infecções urinárias, exames, tratamento e diagnósticos, por ocasião da primeira e da última consulta. Resultados: Os principais sintomas foram urgência em 28 (56,0%) pacientes, urge-incontinência em 28 (56,0%) e retenção urinária em 4 (8,0%). As principais comorbidades e sintomas associados descritos foram: enurese noturna presente em 35 (70%) crianças, infecções urinárias pregressas em 31 (62,0%), constipação em 31 (62,0%) e incontinência fecal em 8 (16,0%). As alterações encontradas ao exame de ultrassonografia foram presença de resíduo vesical em 16 (61,5%), espessamento da parede vesical em 6 (23,1%) e pielonefrite crônica unilateral em 3 (11,5%) pacientes. Sobre o tratamento, 28 (56,0%) pacientes receberam oxibutinina, 3 (6,0%) doxazosina, 1 tansulozina, 1 oxibutinina associada à tansulozina e 1 imipramina. Evolução: Dos 50 pacientes que inicialmente apresentaram queixas urinárias, somente 16 (32,0%) persistiram com queixas na última consulta registrada no prontuário. Dos 31 (64,0%) pacientes que apresentaram infecções urinárias anteriores ao início do tratamento, 14 (28,0%) continuaram com infecções do trato urinário, mas com incidência anual menor que 3 vezes. Comparando o valor preditivo do diagnóstico de bexiga hiperativa pela anamnese mais exames não invasivos e o estudo urodinâmico invasivo, foi constatada concordância no diagnóstico de bexiga hiperativa e hiperatividade detrusora de 85,0% / Introduction and objective: Urinary incontinence is the most common symptom of the lower urinary tract dysfunction. It is defined as the involuntary leakage of urine during daytime in children with bladder control or older than 5 years of age. The lower urinary tract dysfunctions represent about 40% of the pediatric nephro-urological consultations. Besides causing loss of selfesteem and affecting the patient\'s and family\'s quality of life, incontinence is associated with an increased risk of urinary tract infections, delay in the resolution of vesicoureteral reflux and increase of the bladder pressure, which could lead to severe injuries of the upper urinary tract. The objective of this study was to describe the demographics of a cohort of patients with daytime incontinence of non-organic etiology followed in a tertiary centre, trying to identify a correlation between the diagnosis of overactive bladder, obtained from the medical history data, and from medical history data plus results from non-invasive exams with the diagnosis of detrusor overactivity obtained from invasive urodynamic study. Casuistry and methods: We reviewed the medical records of 50 children, aged 2 to 15 years, treated at the Outpatient Clinic of the Pediatric Nephrology Department of the Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina of the University of São Paulo, with complaint of daytime urinary incontinence followed between March 2000 and December 2012. A structured and detailed questionnaire was used to collect data from the medical history, excluding patients with a history suggestive of neurological injury or kidney disease and obtaining information of the patients voiding symptoms such as frequency, urgency, urge-incontinence, urinary retention, and previous urinary tract infections, obstipation, nocturnal enuresis to analyze the variables. Data from the physical examination, voiding diary, laboratory exams, pelvic ultrasound, urinary cystourethrography and static renal scintigraphy (DMSA) were also recorded. Results from uroflow studies and post-void residual measurements, as well as those concerning the invasive urodynamics studies (cystometry, voiding phase and electromyography) were registered. The patients outcome was evaluated by comparing urinary symptoms, frequency of urinary tract infections, exams, treatment and diagnoses of the first and the last consultation. Results: The most frequent registered symptoms were: urgency in 28 (56.0%) patients, urgency incontinence in 28 (56.0%) and urinary retention in 4 (8.0%). The main comorbidities and associated symptoms described were: nocturnal enuresis in 35 (70.0%) children, past urinary tract infections in 31 (62.0%), constipation in 31 (62.0%), and fecal incontinence in 8 (16.0%). The main pelvic ultrasound abnormalities were: presence of post-void residual urine in 16 (61.5%), increased thickness of bladder wall in 6 (23.1%), and unilateral chronic pyelonephritis in 3 (11.5%) patients. Pharmacological treatment: 28 (56.0%) received oxybutynin, 2 (6.0%) doxazosin, 1 tamsulosin, 1 oxybutynin associated with tamsulosin, and 1 imipramine. Follow-up and outcome: From the 50 patients that initially presented urinary symptoms, only 16 (32.0%), remained non-responsive by the last appointment. From the 31 (64.0%) patients referring past urinary tract infections, only 14 (28.0%) continued referring urinary tract infections, but with frequency lower than three times per year. Comparing the predictive diagnosis of overactive bladder obtained by medical history plus non-invasive exams with the diagnosis of the invasive urodynamic study, the diagnosis of overactive bladder correlated with the diagnosis of detrusor overactivity in 85.0% of the cases

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T18:15:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio de Padua Silva Sousa.pdf: 602887 bytes, checksum: 1f45f76bbf02c47503de434a107e22e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-19 / This study proposes to evaluate the results post stress urinary incontinence surgery (SUI) using the Sling technique and utilizing a range of polypropylene sub urethral manually manufactured (Marlex®), and laboratory made (Advantage®), comparing the results in both groups and prostheses costs. The sample used was of 39 women carriers of SUI resulting from hyper mobility of the bladder neck and/or sphincteric incompetence determined by clinical evaluation and urodynamic studies. The criterion considered was the exclusion of diabetes mellitus, previous extended pelvic surgeries and previous radiotherapy. The patients were split in 2 groups. Group 1 Patients from the department of Urology at the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhao (19 patients) and Group 2 Patients from private clinics (20 patients). Group 1 used the manually manufactured polypropylene sub urethral while group 2 used the laboratory made. Patients were evaluated in between thirty, sixty and ninety days post surgery comparing the following variables: Average surgery time, hospitalization time, difficulty to urinate, length of time using the post surgery probe, normalization of urinary jet, involuntary urine loss, level of satisfaction regarding the surgery, urodynamic alterations and probe costs. The average surgery time was of 43 25 in Group 1 and 51 42 Group 2. As to difficulty to urinate post surgery, in Group I, one hundred percent (100%) of the patients presented no difficulties while in Group 2; ninety four point seven percent (94.7%) were able to urinate properly. Regarding the probe use one hundred percent (100%) of the patients from both groups were free from it by the end of this study. All patients from both groups presented normal urinary jet during the last evaluation. In Group 1 one hundred percent (100%) of the patients did not accuse urine loss, while in Group 2 it was ninety four point seven percent (94.7%) at the ninetieth day. The level of satisfaction was of one hundred percent (100%) of the patients from Group 1 while one patient in Group 2 considered the surgery unsuccessful. The evaluation urodynamic presented non inhibit contraction of low vesical pressure in eleven point one percent (11.1%) in Group 1 and ten point five percent (10.5%) in Group 2. There were no complications in both groups. Occurrences observed: burning micturition and urinary urgency spontaneously disappeared by the end of this study and did not have any relations with sub urethral meshes. We can conclude the use of polypropylene mesh (Marlex ®) manually manufactured can also be used in Sling surgeries, saving on resources and having similar results to the use of the laboratory made version. / Este trabalho se propõe avaliar os resultados pós-operatórios da cirurgia de incontinência urinária de esforço (IUE), pela técnica de Sling, utilizando-se faixa de polipropileno suburetral de fabricação artesanal (Marlex®) e industrializada (Advantage®). comparando os resultados em ambos os grupos e o custo das próteses. A amostra foi de 39 mulheres portadoras de IUE resultante de hipermobilidade do colo vesical e/ou incompetência esfincteriana feita pela avaliação clinica e estudo urodinamico. Foram considerados critério de não inclusão diabetes mellitus, passado de cirurgias pélvicas ampliadas e radioterapia prévia. As pacientes foram dividas em grupos: Grupo I oriundas do Serviço de Urologia do Hospital Universitário da Universidade Federal do Maranhão (19 pacientes) e Grupo II pacientes provenientes da Clinica Privada (20 pacientes). No Grupo I, utilizou-se tela artesanal e no Grupo II, tela industrializada. As pacientes foram avaliadas com trinta, sessenta e noventa dias de pós-operatório comparando-se as seguintes variáveis: tempo médio de cirurgia,tempo de internação, dificuldade para urinar, tempo de permanência de sonda no pós-operatório, normalização do jato urinário, perda urinária involuntária, grau de satisfação em relação à cirurgia, alteração urodinâmica e custo das próteses. O tempo médio de cirurgia foi de 43 25 no Grupo I e 51 42 no Grupo II. O tempo médio de internação foi de 52hs8min horas no Grupo I e de 49hs14min no grupo II. Quanto à dificuldade de urinar no pós-operatório, no Grupo I, 100% das pacientes nada referiam no final da observação e no Grupo II, 94,7% urinavam bem. No que concerne ao uso de sonda, em ambos os grupos, 100% das pacientes estavam livre desta ao fim da observação. Todas as pacientes de ambos os grupos apresentavam jato urinário normal na ultima avaliação. No Grupo I, 100% das pacientes não referiam perda urinária e no Grupo II 94,7% no 90º dia pós-operatório. O grau de satisfação foi de 100% nas pacientes do Grupo I, enquanto no Grupo II uma paciente referiu insucesso. A avaliação urodinâmica demonstrou Contração Não Inibida (CNI) de baixa pressão em 11,1% no Grupo I e em 10,5% no Grupo II. Não houve complicação importante em ambos os grupos. As intercorrências observadas: ardência miccional e urgência urinária desapareceram espontaneamente ao final da observação não tinham relação com o material das faixa suburetrais.Conclui-se que a utilização de alça de polipropileno (Marlex ®) de fabricação artesanal pode de ser utilizada nas cirurgias de Sling, com economia de recursos e com resultados semelhantes àqueles observados com a utilização das alças industrializadas.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-19T18:15:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Giovanna Valeria Belo Cordeiro.pdf: 119855 bytes, checksum: 68c30224c84f4ad42c4bb29e9e9ac443 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-26 / Our purpose with this study was to verify the quality of life in climacterical women with urinary incontinence by Quality Life Questionnaire (King s Health Questionnaire). Interviews were held with 98 climacterical women with urinary incontinence enrolled from an Urology Ambulatory. Ages ranging from 35 to 58 years old and indicated restrictions regarding their daily life activities such fisical activities, social, domestic, personal and conjugal relationships, sexual and emotions. The most employed strategies in dealing urinary incontinence was the disposable pad system, the regular replace of underwear and control the liquid ingestion. It was concluded that urinary incontinence impose a considerable emotional surcharge to climacterical women, limiting their quality of life and producing substantial impact o n the daily life. / O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar a qualidade de vida de mulheres climatéricas com Incontinência Urinária (IU) por meio do Questionário de Qualidade de Vida (King s Health Questionnaire). A amostra foi composta por 98 mulheres climatéricas com queixas de incontinência urinária recrutadas em ambulatório de Urologia. As idades variaram de 35 a 58 anos e referiram restrições relativas à sua vida cotidiana como atividades físicas, sociais, domésticas, relações pessoais, relacionamento conjugal, atividade sexual e emoções. As estratégias mais utilizadas para minimizar a incontinência urinária foram o uso de absorventes higiênicos, a troca regular de roupa íntima e o controle da ingesta de líquidos. Concluiu-se que a IU impõe considerável sobrecarga emocional às pacientes climatéricas, limitando sua qualidade de vida e produzindo substancial impacto na vida cotidiana.

Syfte: Syftet var att belysa den äldre kvinnans erfarenheter i samband med förskrivning, användning och uppföljning av urininkontinenshjälpmedel i öppenvården. Metod: Kvalitativ intervjustudie med innehållsanalys. Baserad på 12 enskilda semistrukturerade intervjuer i deltagarnas hem. Resultat: Ur analysen framkom att flertalet av deltagarna saknade information om tillvägagångssättet och användningen av urininkontinenshjälpmedel. Trots detta är mer än hälften av deltagarna nöjda med sin förskrivning. Vidare visar analysen att hemtjänsten är en viktig arbetsgrupp för att uppföljning och utprovning sker. Flertalet av deltagarna upplever att uppföljningsansvaret låg på dem själva. Nästan alla deltagare i intervjustudien är mycket nöjda med bemötandet från vården. Slutsats: Föreliggande studie visar att det fanns ett behov av bättre information från förskrivaren, där det tydligt framgår vilka urininkontinenshjälpmedel som kan erbjudas och hur hjälpmedlet används samt uppföljning av hjälpmedlet. Vidare visade föreliggande studie att hemtjänsten var en viktig arbetsgrupp för deltagarna, för att hemtjänsten ser till att det fungerar med urininkontinenshjälpmedel i det dagliga livet även om det inte var korrekt utprovat. Samtliga deltagare i föreliggande studie uttrycker en känsla av att det inte var något märkvärdigt att använda urininkontinenshjälpmedel. / Aim: The aim was to elucidate the older woman's experiences in connection with prescription, use and follow-up of urinary incontinence aids in outpatient care. Method: Qualitative interview study with content analysis. Based on 12 individual semi-structured interviews in the home of the participants. Results: The analysis showed that most of the participants lacked information about the approach and use of urinary incontinence aids. Despite this, more than half of the participants are satisfied with their prescription. Furthermore, the analysis showed that home care services are an important working group for monitoring and testing incontinence aids. Most of the participants feel that the follow-up responsibility lay on themselves. Almost all participants in the interview study are very satisfied with how they were treated. All participants have accepted their situation in using urinary incontinence aids. Conclusion: The present study shows that there was a need for better information from the prescriber, where it is clear which urinary incontinence aids can be offered and how the device is used and follow-up of the aid. Furthermore, the present study showed that home care was an important working group for the participants, because the home care service ensures that it works with urinary incontinence aids in daily life even though it was not properly tested. All participants in the present study express the feeling that using urinary incontinence aids was not remarkable.

A incontinência urinária na mulher é uma afecção crônica que altera a sua qualidade de vida. Um dos tratamentos propostos é o exercício da musculatura do assoalho pélvico. A eficácia desse tipo de terapêutica depende da adesão da paciente a ele. Aderir a um tratamento é seguir as orientações dadas; no caso dos exercícios da musculatura do assoalho pélvico, envolve a incorporação da terapêutica ao cotidiano. O objetivo deste estudo é descrever três aspectos relacionados à adesão ao tratamento: satisfação, expectativa e repetição ou não do tratamento. Para a sua realização foram entrevistadas 50 mulheres que aderiram ao tratamento, atendidas no setor de Uroginecologia da Disciplina de Ginecologia do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Os resultados mostraram que 68% das mulheres estavam satisfeitas com o tratamento, 62% tinham expectativa de cura e apenas 12% não o repetiriam. Quando questionadas sobre os motivos para a não repetição do tratamento, a maior parte das mulheres referiu a não melhora do quadro clínico. Concluiu-se que a satisfação é alta nas mulheres que aderiram ao tratamento, a expectativa mais comum entre as entrevistadas é de cura e que o fator mais importante para repetir a terapêutica foi a melhora do quadro clínico. / The female urinary incontinence is a chronic disease which affects life quality. One of the treatments suggested is the pelvic floor exercises. The therapy depends on the patient’s adhesion. Adhesion to treatment implies to follow all medical instructions; in case of pelvic floor exercises, it involves its incorporation to daily routine. The aim of this study is to describe tree aspects regarding to the treatment adhesion – satisfaction, expectation and repetition (or not). Fifty women who have followed the treatment were interviewed. They were recruited from the Urogynecology Service of Clínicas Hospital of São Paulo University Medical School. The results demonstrated that 68% of women were satisfied with the treatment, 62% expected to be cured, and only 12% hadn’t undergone the treatment appropriately. When inquired about the reasons for not repeating the treatment, most of the women have mentioned that they haven’t seen positive results. In conclusion, patient’s satisfaction level was high, cure was the main expectation, and the good response to clinical treatment was the most important reasons to repeat the treatment.

Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) and urgency are common conditions and can have a profound influence on many aspects of life. Approximately one in four women has UI and one in ten has daily symptoms. Knowledge is lacking, however, on the impact of UI and urgency on the lives of affected women and their partners and on the situation of women with urinary leakage one year postoperatively. Aims: To study the consequences of female UI and urgency for patients and their partners on quality of life (QoL), the partner relationship, and their sexual lives. Also to evaluate the success rates of three operation methods: tension-free vaginal tape (TVT), tension-free vaginal tape-obturator (TVT-O), and transobturator tape (TOT) for stress urinary incontinence (SUI), with a particular focus on women who still have urinary leakage one year after surgery. Methods: Women seeking healthcare for UI and/or urgency and their partners were invited to answer questionnaires. The women completed disease-specific questionnaires and both the women (n = 206) and their partners (n = 109) answered questions about their psychosocial situation, partner relationship, and sexual life. Patient-reported outcomes one year after surgery with TVT, TVT-O, or TOT (n = 3334) were derived from the Swedish National Quality Register for Gynaecological Surgery. Results: Most of the women reported that their urinary problems negatively affected their physical activities, and almost half reported negative consequences for their social life. Women aged 25–49 years were less satisfied with their psychological health, sexual life, and leisure than women aged 50–74 years. One third of both the women and their partners (all the partners were men) experienced a negative impact on their relationship, and sexual life was negatively affected in almost half of the women and one in five of their men. Coital incontinence was reported in one third of the women. Most of their men did not consider this a problem, but the majority of the affected women did. Satisfaction with outcome of the operation did not differ between TVT, TVT-O, and TOT, but TVT showed a higher success rate for SUI than TOT did. Higher age, higher body mass index, a diagnosis of mixed urinary incontinence, and a history of urinary leakage in combination with urgency each constitute a risk for a lower operation success rate. After one year, 29% of the women still had some form of UI, but half of these were satisfied with the outcome and most reported fewer negative impacts on family, social, working, and sexual life than before the operation. Conclusions: Female UI and/or urgency impaired QoL, particularly in young women, and had negative effects on partner relationships and on some partners’ lives. Sexual life was also affected, more often in women with UI and/or urgency than in their partners. At one-year follow-up after surgery, about one third of the women still had some form of UI, but the negative impact on their lives was reduced. A challenge for health care professionals is to initiate a dialogue with women with urinary symptoms about sexual function and what surgery can realistically be expected to accomplish.

Šlapimo nelaikymas – didelė sveikatos problema tiek išsivysčiusiose, tiek besivystančiose šalyse. Liga, išskyrus tuos atvejus, kai yra šlapimo pūslės ir makšties fistulių, gyvybei negrėsminga, tačiau gali turėti labai didelę įtaką gyvenimo kokybei, sukelti moterų socialinį uždarumą ar net izoliaciją, skatinti depresijos išsivystymą, dėl nuolatinio dirginimo sukelti odos ligas. Literatūros duomenimis, vidutiniškai 30 procentų visų moterų nesulaiko šlapimo. Klinikiniame darbe pastebėta, kad Lietuvos visuomenė nepakankamai informuota apie šlapimo nelaikymą, jo rizikos veiksnius, diagnostikos ir gydymo galimybes, be to, nepakankamai panaudojamos brangių urodinaminių tyrimų galimybės, nėra chirurginio gydymo tinkamo kompensavimo mechanizmo. Įvairių literatūros šaltinių duomenys rodo, kad moterų šlapimo nelaikymo paplitimo ribos labai plačios. Taigi visiškai neaišku, kokia situacija mūsų šalyje. Šiuo darbu norima įvertinti šlapimo nelaikymo paplitimą tarp Kauno miesto 50 – 70 metų amžiaus moterų, nustatyti pagrindinių šlapimo nelaikymo tipų dažnį, šlapimo nelaikymo sąsajas su moterų socialiniais ir gyvensenos veiksniais bei ginekologine anamneze, palyginti sergančiųjų šlapimo nelaikymu ir sveikų moterų savo sveikatos vertinimą, nustatyti šlapimo nelaikymo sąsają su moterų gyvenimo kokybe, įvertinti pagalbą teikiamą šlapimo nelaikymu sergančioms moterims Kauno mieste bei nustatyti urodinaminių tyrimų vertę diagnozuojant moterų šlapimo nelaikymą. / Urinary incontinence is a great health problem both in developed and developing countries. Except for the cases when fistulas in the urinary bladder and vagina are observed, the disease does not pose any threat for human life. Still this disease can considerably affect the quality of life, cause social seclusion or even isolation of women and due to constant irritation it can also bring about skin diseases. According to data found in special literature on the subject, 30 % of all women suffer from urinary incontinence on the average. As has been observed during clinical work, the Lithuanian society lacks sufficient information on urinary incontinence, its risk factors, diagnostics and possibilities of treatment. It has also been noticed that possibilities of expensive urodynamics research are not being used sufficiently enough and there is no suitable mechanism for compensating surgical intervention. Besides, according to the data of various literary sources on the subject, the limits of prevalence of urinary incontinence of women are extremely wide. Thus, the situation concerning this phenomenon in our country is very vague. This study is aimed at evaluating the prevalence of urinary incontinence among women of senior age in the city of Kaunas, to establish the frequency of the main types of urinary incontinence, the interrelationship between urinary incontinence and life-style of women, as well as gynecological anamnesis, to compare the ranking of their health status made... [to full text]

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The present study group consists of 45 women with genuine stress incontinence who were selected for surgical treatment and randomized either to retropubic urethrocystopexy (n=30) or pubococcygeal repair (n=15). The preoperative assessment included medical history, gynecological examination, urine analysis and culture, residual urine, pad test, frequency-continence charts, water urethrocystoscopy, continence test and cystometry with analysis of micturition. Moreover, five semistructured interviews were performed with the women and two with their partner. The following questionnaires were used measuring a) personality characteristics: Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP), Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI), b) depression: Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and c) social support: Interview Schedule for Social Interaction (ISSI). The results have shown that there was no difference in the subjective cure rate between the two surgical methods (73% vs. 80 % respectively). The bladder volume had increased in both groups and the intravesical pressure of the bladder filled to maximum had increased in the pubococcygeal repair group. Other urodynamic variables were unchanged by the operation. Pad tests have demonstrated that 67 % of the women in the urethrocystopexy group and 47 % in the pubococcygeal repair group ceased to leak urine. Postoperatively, 63 % of the women in the urethrocystopexy group needed high doses of analgesics compared with only 33 % in the pubococcygeal repair group. Among the women experiencing severe to very severe pain dysphoric subjects were overrepresented. Postoperative residual urine was a minor nursing problem in both groups. Women with SUI of long duration scored significantly higher than controls on the KSP scales of somatic anxiety, psychic anxiety, psychasthenia, suspicion and on the EPI lie-scale. There was no significant difference in sexual activity before and after surgery. One or two sexual dysfunctions within the desire, excitement, orgasmic and resolution phase were reported by the majority of women both before and after surgical intervention. The cured women reported a higher level of overall activities before surgery than the improved (i.e. not cured) women, whereas post surgery both the cured and the improved women obtained about the same level of activities. Regarding social support, no differences between the cured or improved women occured as concerns attachment. The cured women showed a higher degree of adequacy of social integration compared with the improved women. In order to delineate predictive factors for the surgical outcome the following variables were investigated: age of patient, duration of urine leakage, parity, personality, psychological and social factors. The following predictors of the outcome of surgical treatment emerged: duration of stress incontinence, neuroticism and age of patient. The results of the present study indicate the ecessity of a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and nursing of women with SUI. / <p>Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1995</p> / digitalisering@umu