How health professionals from basic network identify and treat female urinary incontinence

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20094449456

Authors

  • Sara da Silva Barbosa Enfermeira.Graduada pelo Curso de Enfermagem da Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da UNICAMP. Enfermeira assistencial do Hospital Samaritano de Campinas.
  • Léa Dolores Reganhan de Oliveira Enfermeira. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da FCM/UNICAMP. Professora do Curso de Enfermagem da Anhanguera Educacional de Campinas
  • Junia Leonne Dourado de Almeida Lima Enfermeira. Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da FCM/UNICAMP.
  • Geraldo Mota de Carvalho Doutor em Enfermagem pela Universidade de São Paulo. Professor do Curso de Enfermagem do Centro Universitário São Camilo, São Paulo
  • Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes Enfermeira.Professora associada do Departamento de Enfermagem da FCM/UNICAMP. Orientadora

Keywords:

Urinary incontinence - diagnostic. Women health. Nursing - urinary incontinence.

Abstract

This is a descriptive, exploratory and transversal research that aimed to investigate how doctors and nurses who work in the
Basic Health Network approach and care for cases of female urinary incontinence (UI), how they assess it and which types of UI they
know. A questionnaire with open and closed questions was used. The variable for characterization of the sample and the answers of
the closed questions were descriptively analyzed, and we calculated the relative and absolute frequencies when pertinent. The answers
to the open questions were categorized and presented in tables. 37 doctors (family doctors, clinical doctors and gynecologists) and 19
nurses participated of the study, with ages from 24 to 63 years, including recently-formed and experienced professionals. We observed
that, except for gynecologists, many professionals rarely investigate rare or do not investigate the possibility of UI. We also observed
that professionals ask women about UI, but sometimes the right way to do this is unknown or not always the most adequate.

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Published

2009-10-01

How to Cite

da Silva Barbosa, S. ., Dolores Reganhan de Oliveira, L. ., Dourado de Almeida Lima, J. L. ., Mota de Carvalho, G., & Baena de Moraes Lopes, M. H. (2009). How health professionals from basic network identify and treat female urinary incontinence: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20094449456. O Mundo Da Saúde, 33(4), 449–456. Retrieved from https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/662