Fatores relacionados ao desconforto urinário em longevos e longevas

• Autor(a) principal: Jorge, Luisa Braga
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da PUC_RS
• Texto Completo: http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/8204
• topic: Idoso de 80 Anos ou Mais; Sistema Urinário; Desconforto Urinário; Incontinência Urinária; Qualidade de Vida; Longevo; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::MEDICINA

Introduction: Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon, emphasizing the important increase of people with more than 80 years, elderly people. This increase in longevity may be accompanied by some functional impairment leading to some disabling events and causing animportant quality of life (QoL) impairment. Regarding the functional impairments, there is the decrease of the urinary tract function. This study aimed to evaluate the possible factors related to urinary discomfort in elderly people. Methods: Cross-sectional, observational and quantitative study. The sample was composed of elderlypeoplefrom Porto Alegre, RS, and participants in the multiprofessional attention to elderly project. The impact of urinary discomfort on QOL was assessed by the Kings Health Questionnaire (KHQ) instrument adapted for men and women with and without urinary incontinence (UI). In addition to KHQ, the elderly still answered an urogynecologic questionnaire with sociodemographic and clinical questions. The statistical program used was Epiinfo ™ 7.2 and considered significant values p <0.05. Results: 82 participants, 56 women and 26 men with a mean age of 92,3±2,69 years participated. 43% of the participants reported urinary discomfort and of this percentage, 97% reported UI. The factors related to urinary discomfort with statistical significance were: obstetric issues such as: vaginal delivery, number of pregnancies and number of higher weight gain at birth. In KHQ, limitations in outside activities, travel, physical activity, relationships, feelings of depression, anxiety, angriness, concern in smelling urine as well as behavioral changes like wearing protective, decreased water intake were related to discomfort. Conclusion: With this study it was possible to conclude that several factors are associated with urinary discomfort. Despite a low percentage, there was also a report of urinary discomfort in the absence of UI. Therefore, special attention to urinary health is important during the evaluation of the longevity, providing an intervention before the appearance of symptoms, repercussions on a more active aging with a higher quality of life.