Protocols to urinary incontinence prevention in elderly women: a critical review of the literature

• Autor(a) principal: Pinceli,Mariana Gagliardi
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Moccellin,Ana Silvia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ggaging.com/details/103
• topic: Prevention. Urinary incontinence. Aged.

<p><b>OBJECTIVE:</b> To systematize and analyze the scientific evidence about urinary incontinence preventive forms in elderly women.<br> <b>METHOD:</b> The study was made until August/2013 through systematic review on Medline/Pubmed databases. The titles and abstracts of all articles identified with keywords prevention, urinary incontinence and elderly, that addressed preventive forms of urinary incontinence in elderly women were investigated.<br> <b>RESULTS:</b> 221 studies were identified in the research databases. Among these, eight were considered appropriate and used in the analysis of this review. Interventions addressed since wheels conversation, delivering educational brochures, videos, information obtained by a computer system, behavioral changes and exercises. Two studies highlighted the participants interest in obtaining information about urinary incontinence through discussions, pamphlets and videos. Four studies showed that bladder and pelvic floor muscles training sessions, from Kegel exercises, and adherence to behavioral modification group, with scheduled voiding intervals, were beneficial for urinary incontinence prevention. The sessions with information about prevention ranged from 60 minutes to accompaniments for 12 months and were conducted individual and collective way.<br> <b>CONCLUSION:</b> There is no definition of the most appropriate intervention to prevent urinary incontinence in elderly women. However, half of the studies state that the bladder and pelvic floor training sessions, in addition to behavior modification intervention were beneficial in preventing urinary incontinence.</p>