Educational Program for Multipara Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Seif Mohammed Elattar, Maha; Metwaly Mohammed, Sabah; Morsy Yousif, Amira

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.259180

Educational Program for Multipara Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Nursing Supervisor in Komhamada Central Hospital.

² Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing Faculty of Nursing- Ain Shams University

³ Assistant Professor of Maternity and Gynecological Nursing Faculty of Nursing - Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2022.259180

Abstract

Background: Stress urinary incontinence is one of the most frequently observed health
problems among multipara women and has a significant impact on physical health, psychological
wellbeing and social functioning. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of educational program
on multipara women’s knowledge, practice and attitude regarding stress urinary incontinence.
Design: Quasi experimental time series design (Pre and posttest) was used. Setting: This study was
conducted at komhamada general hospital. Sample: A Purposive sample was used and was about 70
cases. Tools: Tool 1: Interviewing questionnaire. Tool II: Multipara women’s self-care practices
regarding stress urinary incontinence. Tool III: Likert attitude scale. Tool IV: Incontinence severity
index. Tool V: Follow up card for multipara women with stress urinary incontinence. Results: The
study results showed a highly statistically significant improvement regarding their knowledge,
practice and attitude post intervention compared to pre intervention regarding stress urinary
incontinence P<0.001. There was highly statistically significant relation between total knowledge,
total attitude & total self-care practice of multipara women with stress urinary incontinence P<0.05.
Conclusion: Implementing educational program for multipara women with stress urinary
incontinence had highly statistically significant positive effect on multipara women’s knowledge,
attitude and self-care practice. Recommendation: Increase health awareness of multipara women
with stress urinary incontinence about the importance of self -care practices.

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