Urinary incontinence in hospital patients: prevalence and associated factors

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem 2018-01, Vol.25, p.e2970-e2970
• Main Authors: Junqueira, Jaqueline Betteloni, Santos, Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cross-sectional Studies; Epidemiology; Hospitalization; NURSING; Prevalence; Urinary Incontinence
• ISSN: 1518-8345; 1518-8345
• DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.2139.2970

to analyze the prevalence of urinary incontinence and its associated factors in hospital patients. this is a cross-sectional epidemiological study whose data were collected using the instruments Sociodemographic and Clinical Data, Characteristics of Urinary Leakage and International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire - Short Form. Prevalence was surveyed on a single day for four consecutive months. Data were analyzed using Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, Student t-test, Mann-Whitney test and logistic regression (forward stepwise). the final sample consisted of 319 hospital adults (57.1% female), mean age of 47.9 years (SD=21.1). The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 22.9% (28% in women and 16.1% in men) and the associated factors were: female sex (OR=3.89), age (OR=1.03), asthma (OR=3.66), use of laxatives (OR=3.26), use of diaper during the evaluation (OR=2.75), use of diaper at home (OR=10.29), and use of diaper at some point during the hospital stay (OR=6.74). the findings of this study differ from those found in the scarce existing literature on the subject in hospital patients. There is a need for previous studies such as this before proposing the implementation of preventive and therapeutic actions during the hospital stay.