Engelsk titel: Staff's attitudes towards hospitalised elderly patients with urinary incontinence
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Författare:
Norheim A
;
Vinsnes AG
Email: anne.norheim@uis.no
Språk: Nor
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Dokumenttyp:
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UI-nummer: 05043375
Sammanfattning
Staff members meet urinary
incontinence (UI) among elderly
in their daily practice. It is documented
that knowledge about UI
contains misunderstandings. The
aim of this study was to get
insight in staff’s attitudes towards
elderly patients with UI.
Both qualitative and quantitative
methods were included. Focus
group interviews were used in the
qualitative part. One group of six
registered nurses and one group
of six nursing assistants (oneyear
education), working in an
elderly care setting in hospital,
were included. The transcribed
interviews were analysed and the
data systematized and categorized
before interpretation. The
quantitative part is not described
in this article.
Results show that even though
staff intended to take care of patients
with UI and treat them with
respect, UI was not considered
specifically. One reason for this
was a lack of consciousness
because UI problems were trivial.
Medical oriented diagnosis were
given higher priority and there
was a severe lack of knowledge
among staff members of UI. Patients
were not asked by the staff
about their own reactions related
to their UI.
However, staff members were
able to question their own practice
and they claimed that the
present study stimulated them to
be more conscious about the patients’
UI.