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KMID : 1128620110150010018
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Cung-Ang Journal of Nursing
2011 Volume.15 No. 1 p.18 ~ p.29
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The Relationship between Urinary Symptom, Urinary Retention, and Quality of Life in Hospitalized Male Stroke Patients
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Hwang Eun-Sook
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Abstract
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This study was done to examine the relationship beetween urinary symptom, urinary retention and quality of life in male patients hospitalized due to stroke. A cross-sectional descriptive correlational study was conducted in the C university hospital. Data were collected between April 1 and July 30, 2008 from 91 male stroke patients. the questionnaire included general items as well as items related to disease characteristics, a quality of life scale (Stroke-Specific Quality of Life, SS-QOL), and the international prostate symptom score (IPSS) for voiding symptoms. Urinary retention was measured using portable ultrasound scanning (CUBE scan, Biocon-500l 371458).
The average age of the participants was 60.6 years old. Of the 91 participants, 75.9% had experienced their first stroke and 56% were diagnosed as having suffered cerebral infarction. Most of the participants (67%) were paralyzed on either one or both sides. The mean scores for the quality of life and urinary symptoms were 2.85±.85 and 14.71, respectively. Urinary urgency and nocturia were the most common symptoms. 67.1% of participants had moderate or severe urinary symptoms and 28.6% had urinary retention.
Quality of life was negatively correlated with urinary symptom (r=-.870, p=.000_ and urinary retention (r=-.759, p=.000) and urinary retention (r=-.759, p=.000). Urinary symptom was positively correlated with urinary retention (r=.745, p=.000).
The findings suggest that the efforts of nurses to recognize and manage the urinary symptoms and urinary retention of patients as early as possible will promote a better quality of life in hospitalized stroke patients.
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KEYWORD
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stroke, urinary symptoms, urinary retention, quality of life
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