The effect of demographic characteristics of patients applying to the urology outpatient clinic on urinary incontinence awareness and attitudes
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Doç. Dr. Mahinur DURMUŞ Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Arş. Gör. Sıla GÜL Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SCOPUS dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Pamukkale Medical Journal | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1309-9833 Dergi Bilgileri (2024) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | TR DİZİN | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2024 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 17 / 1 / 143–157 | DOI | 10.31362/patd.1406978 |
| Makale Linki | http://dx.doi.org/10.31362/patd.1406978 | ||
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Doğum ve Kadın Hastalıkları Hemşireliği
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| Purpose This study was conducted to determine the effect of demographic characteristics of patients applying to the urology outpatient clinic on urinary incontinence awareness and attitudes. Materials and methods The data of this descriptive and cross-sectional study were collected between 07/09/2023-08/10/2023 with Personal Information Form, Urinary Incontinence Awareness Attitude Scale data collection tools from 180 people who applied to urology outpatient clinic by face-to-face interview method. Data were analyzed with the SPSS 25.0 package program. In all analyses, p<0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results In the factors that prevent the scale from being accepted as a health problem sub-dimension, educational status increases the scores; Educational status and frequency of caffeine&tea consumption had a decreasing effect on scores in the health motivation sub-dimension; In the coping with incontinence subdimension, being male lowers the scores, while education level, presence of a chronic disease and having undergone surgery increase the scores; In the restriction sub-dimension, it was found that age, marital status, place of residence, presence of chronic disease and frequency of changing underwear had a decreasing effect on scores. In the sub-dimension of fear of urinary incontinence, it was found that gender, marital status, and frequency of changing underwear had a decreasing effect. Conclusion Male are more likely to accept urinary incontinence as a health problem. The factors that prevent adults from accepting it as a health problem and the sub-dimensions of coping with urinary incontinence are good. It … |
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