Abstract
Objective: analyze the technologies available in the literature used for health education in the care of people with urinary incontinence. Methods: integrative review, with database searches: Índice Bibliográfico Espanhol de Ciências da Saúde (IBECS), Base de Dados em Enfermagem (BDENF) via Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online via Pubmed (MEDLINE/PubMed) from the National Library of Medicine, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, Web of Science and Embase. The collection was carried out in February 2021, with the main descriptors: Urinary Incontinence, Educational Technology and Health Education. Results: 91 articles were selected, after analyzing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, there were only 5 productions that were selected, presenting as a strategy the technologies: multimedia course, videos, mobile application and book/booklet. The articles were published between 1997 and 2020. The dimensions considered were: development of health technologies for the treatment of urinary incontinence and knowledge, adherence and the effect of using health technologies for the treatment of urinary incontinence. Conclusion: the technologies used were diversified, with the adherence and the effect being directly proportional, and it depends on how the individual understands urinary incontinence and the impact it brings on each person’s life.
Highlights
IntroductionUrinary incontinence (UI) does not cause death, but it has a profound negative impact on the well-being, quality of life and aspects of daily life of people affected, including personal, work and leisure activities
Urinary incontinence (UI) has as its basic definition the involuntary loss of urine
UI does not cause death, but it has a profound negative impact on the well-being, quality of life and aspects of daily life of people affected, including personal, work and leisure activities. It is associated with a deep feeling of humiliation and stigma, affects various age groups and the main conditioning factors that interfere with quality of life (QL) are the severity and type of incontinence[2,3]
Summary
UI does not cause death, but it has a profound negative impact on the well-being, quality of life and aspects of daily life of people affected, including personal, work and leisure activities. It is associated with a deep feeling of humiliation and stigma, affects various age groups and the main conditioning factors that interfere with quality of life (QL) are the severity and type of incontinence[2,3]. According to the Brazilian Society of Urology Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia (SBU), this condition affects about 400 million people worldwide, and in Brazil there is an average of 10 million people with incontinence. The prevalence of UI ranged between 25% and 45% in adult women, and in adult men there were publications with variations between 1 and 39%, with the proportion in women being at least twice as high when compared to men[2]
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