QUALIDADE DE VIDA NA PERSPECTIVA DE MULHERES CLIMATÉRICAS COM INCONTINÊNCIA URINÁRIA

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 fro...

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Autor: Cordeiro, Giovanna Valéria Belo
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA)
Repositorio:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFMA
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:tede2:tede/1119
Acceso en línea:http://tedebc.ufma.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/1119
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Qualidade de vida
incontinência urinária
mulher
climatério
Quality of life
urinary incontinence
woman
climacteric
CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA::SAUDE MATERNO-INFANTIL
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Sumario: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.