Differences in Physical Health, Social Interaction, and Personal Adjustment Between Continent and Incontinent Homebound Aged Women
Titel:
Differences in Physical Health, Social Interaction, and Personal Adjustment Between Continent and Incontinent Homebound Aged Women
Auteur:
Breakwell, Susan L. Walker, Susan Noble
Verschenen in:
Journal of community health nursing
Paginering:
Jaargang 5 (1988) nr. 1 pagina's 19-31
Jaar:
1988-03-01
Inhoud:
Loss of control of urination can be expected to have a physical and psychosocial impact on the well-being of an affected individual. As the population of elderly women increases, so too can the impact of incontinence be expected to grow both in numbers and significance. Using three selected domains from the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument, this study investigated similarities and differences in self-reported perceptions of physical health, social interaction, and personal adjustment between 25 continent and 17 incontinent homebound women 65 years old and older. A series of one-tailed t tests was done to test the hypothesis that incontinent women would perceive lower levels of function in all three domains. The incontinent women were found to have significantly less social interaction, particularly with family members, than the continent women. No significant differences between the groups were found for perceived physical health or personal adjustment. Nurses can play a vital role in increasing the recognition and understanding of the problem of urinary incontinence among homebound aged women as well as in implementing effective interventions to deal with incontinence.
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