Developing a Clinical Care Guideline on Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Women with Mild Stress Urinary Incontinence

Abstract

<p>臨床上壓力性尿失禁常使用的評估診斷工具，可能造成輕度尿失禁症狀被低估而未適當治療，使病患仍受困擾。台灣健保制度完善，利用手術治療中、重度壓力性尿失禁病患，卻沒有對骨盆底肌強化訓練如何治療輕度壓力性尿失禁進行明確規範。本文發展流程為選定主題、建構問題、系統性文獻查證，根據16篇實證文獻擬定此指引，經由德菲法共識確認，隨後以AGREE II進行外部評估，結果為強烈建議使用，發展出指引範圍包含三個構面：指引的範圍界定5項，壓力性尿失禁評估診斷2項和處置建議5項。透過會議使醫師及專科護理師間達成共識；團隊成員教育訓練；建立檢核表，標準化評估處置流程，使輕度壓力性尿失禁婦女在身心完整評估下，適切接受骨盆底肌強化訓練。由於專科護理師跨醫療護理的角色功能，更能將此指引整合落實，使輕度壓力性尿失禁病患的照護更完整與持續。</p> <p> </p><p>The commonly used evaluation and diagnostic tools for clinical stress urinary incontinence may lead to underestimation of mild symptoms. Therefore, leaving patients with long-term distress when prop-erly treatment is not provided. Taiwan has a well-established health insurance system, of which sur-gery is used to treat patients with moderate to severe stress urinary incontinence, but there is no clear regulation on the use of pelvic floor muscle training to treat mild stress urinary incontinence. Through the selection of topics, construction of issues and comprehensive literature review, this guideline was developed based on 16 empirical studies. The content of this guideline was later confirmed by the Dephi method and was strongly recommended for application after externally evaluated by AGREEII. The scope of this guideline includes three facets: 5 items for scoping, 2 items for the assessment and diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence, and 5 items for treatment. Through meetings, consensus was reached between physicians and nurse practitioners; team members were educated and trained; a checklist was established to standardize the evaluation and treatment process, so that women with mild stress urinary incontinence could appropriately receive pelvic floor muscle training after a com-plete physical and mental evaluation. Since nurse practitioner plays an important role in medical care, this guideline can be integrated and implemented to comprehensively improve the care of patients with mild stress urinary incontinence.</p> <p> </p>