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Continence For WomenA Test of AWHONN'S Evidence‐based Protocol in Clinical Practice*

 

作者: Carolyn Sampselle,   Jean Wyman,   Karen Thomas,   Diane Newman,   Mikel Gray,   Molly Dougherty,   Patricia Burns,  

 

期刊: Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing  (OVID Available online 2000)
卷期: Volume 27, issue 2  

页码: 109-117

 

ISSN:1071-5754

 

年代: 2000

 

出版商: OVID

 

数据来源: OVID

 

摘要:

ObjectiveTo test the effectiveness of an evidence-based protocol for urinary incontinence in increasing identification of women with the condition and improving their outcomes.DesignProspective formative evaluation study.SettingTwenty-one public, private, and other women's health care sites.ParticipantsWomen in ambulatory care settings (N = 1474) provided descriptive statistics. Clinical outcomes were tested in 132 cases for whom pre- and posttreatment data were available.InterventionsStandardized screening and baseline follow-up forms were used to minimize time burden on clinicians; bladder and pelvic floor muscle training materials were provided to clinicians for distribution.Main outcome measuresSelf-reported frequency, volume, and quality of life related to incontinence and cost of self-management were used to assess protocol effectiveness.ResultsFrequency of incontinence episodes, estimated volume lost per episode, and the cost of self-management decreased. Quality of life improved, as reflected in decreased bother attributed to incontinence and in the number of women avoiding activities such as shopping, exercising, or travel because of incontinence.ConclusionsThis simple program of pelvic floor muscle and bladder training, as it has been systematically implemented in a variety of ambulatory women's health care settings, has benefitted women's continence status. The results of this project strongly support widespread application.

 

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