Investigation and analysis of urinary incontinence in elderly hospitalized patients

Abstract

Objective To investigate the incidence and influencing factors of urinary incontinence in elderly patients with ambulatory care, and to provide basis for further improving the nursing of elderly patients with urinary incontinence. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted among 970 elderly hospitalized patients aged over 60 years in 24 hospitals of 10 cities in Southwest China by the international advisory committee on urinary incontinence (ICI-Q-SF). According to the questionnaires we had known the incidence about urinary incontinence of the elderly ambulatory inpatients and analyzed the relationship between some factors (age, sex, marriage, self-perception of health assessment, toilet capacity and so on) and urinary incontinence. Results This investigation shows that the incidence about urinary incontinence of the elderly ambulatory inpatients was 20.5%.The severity of symptom was divided into 3 grades: mild, moderate and severe, the incidence were 58.2%, 30.2% and 11.6%. Regression analysis showed that the high incidence of urinary incontinence occurred in these inpatients who was older, mateless, poor self-evaluation and poor toilet capacity (P<0.05). Conclusions Elderly ambulatory inpatients are the people at high risks of urinary incontinence. This is affected by many factors, so we should strengthen the nursing intervention for this kind of patients. Key words: Urinary incontinence; Elderly; Inpatients