Urinary incontinence prevalence and your impact on the quality of life in elderly: comparative study between urban and rural areas

Authors

  • Áureo Júnior Weschenfelder Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
  • Cyntia Scher Strelow Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
  • Guilherme Tavares de Arruda Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
  • Michele Adriane Froelich Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
  • Hedioneia Maria Foletto Pivetta Departamento de Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.
  • Melissa Medeiros Braz Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i3p67-77

Keywords:

Elderly, Urinary incontinence, Rural areas, Urban area.

Abstract

Observational research, conducted with 125 elderly’s, with age ranging from 60 and 96 years, for both sexes, with the aim of compare the prevalency and the impact of the urinary incontinence on the quality of life and the characteristics of urinary losses of elderly of urban and rural area. Was used a questionnaire to characterize the elderly that contained socio-demographic information, place of residence (urban or rural) and use of medications. There was no difference between the prevalence and characteristics of urinary losses between rural group and the urban group.

Keywords: Elderly; Urinary incontinence; Rural areas; Urban area.

Author Biographies

Áureo Júnior Weschenfelder, Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Áureo Júnior Weschenfelder - Acadêmico do Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Curso de Fisioterapia, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Cyntia Scher Strelow, Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Cyntia Scher Strelow - Acadêmica do Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Curso de Fisioterapia, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. 

Guilherme Tavares de Arruda, Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Guilherme Tavares de Arruda - Acadêmico do Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Curso de Fisioterapia, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Michele Adriane Froelich, Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Acadêmica do Curso de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Curso de Fisioterapia, UFSM. Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. 

Hedioneia Maria Foletto Pivetta, Departamento de Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Hedioneia Maria Foletto Pivetta - Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil

Melissa Medeiros Braz, Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

Melissa Medeiros Braz - Professora Adjunta do Departamento de Fisioterapia e Reabilitação, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, UFSM, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil.

E-mail: melissabraz@hotmail.com

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Published

2016-09-30

How to Cite

Weschenfelder, Áureo J., Strelow, C. S., Arruda, G. T. de, Froelich, M. A., Pivetta, H. M. F., & Braz, M. M. (2016). Urinary incontinence prevalence and your impact on the quality of life in elderly: comparative study between urban and rural areas. Revista Kairós-Gerontologia, 19(3), 67–77. https://doi.org/10.23925/2176-901X.2016v19i3p67-77

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Papers

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