Mapping Out The Consequences of Urinary Incontinence Among Elderly Women Living At Home: Literature Review
Doris Niba, Manka-a (2014)
Doris Niba, Manka-a
Arcada - Nylands svenska yrkeshögskola
2014
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2014112516673
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The aim of this study is to map out the psychological and social impact of urinary incontinence among elderly women living at home. This study answers the following (2) research questions so as to investigate the result. The research questions were formulated as such; What kind of consequence does urinary incontinence have on the Psychological Well-being of elderly women living at home? What kind of consequence does urinary incontinence have on the Social well-being of elderly women living at home? The theoretical framework used is ‘Self-determination theory’. The theo-ry gave green light to elderly women to foster wellbeing and improve their quality of life. This study was a qualitative content analysis method and deductive content analysis was used to analyze the result (Literature review).
The result was in two parts the psychological consequences and the social as well. The findings indicated a great im-pact of the psychological consequences most especially depression, embarrassment and deterioration of health status affecting the wellbeing of the elderly. While on the social consequences, social restriction and loneliness was seen as one of the major consequences besides, others graving the wellbeing and quality of life for the elderly women.
To conclude, this study observed that urinary incontinence is having great psychological and social consequences to the wellbeing of elderly women living at home. The psychological and social impacts were an outcome to barriers of help seeking. The psychological impacts mostly felt were depression, embarrassment and deterioration of health sta-tus. The social consequence that had great impact was social restriction and loneliness despite these, there were other consequences impacting the elderly women’s wellbeing but, not as much as the case of social restriction and loneli-ness.
The result was in two parts the psychological consequences and the social as well. The findings indicated a great im-pact of the psychological consequences most especially depression, embarrassment and deterioration of health status affecting the wellbeing of the elderly. While on the social consequences, social restriction and loneliness was seen as one of the major consequences besides, others graving the wellbeing and quality of life for the elderly women.
To conclude, this study observed that urinary incontinence is having great psychological and social consequences to the wellbeing of elderly women living at home. The psychological and social impacts were an outcome to barriers of help seeking. The psychological impacts mostly felt were depression, embarrassment and deterioration of health sta-tus. The social consequence that had great impact was social restriction and loneliness despite these, there were other consequences impacting the elderly women’s wellbeing but, not as much as the case of social restriction and loneli-ness.