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KMID : 0948220040080010001
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Keimyung Journal of Nursing Science
2004 Volume.8 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.12
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Analysis of Nursing Studies about Urinary Incontinence in Korea
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Kwon Young-Sook
Kim Tae-Hee
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of the study was to analyze the trends of research and to suggest future direction of research on urinary incontinence in Korea.
Method: Sixty nursing researches conducted between 1993 and 2000 were analysed. The standard of analysis was degree theses, the year of publication, research design, measurement instruments, prevalence, intervention of experimental research and theme of qualitative research.
Result: There were 29 theses and 31 articles published on nursing journals. There were 18 experimental researches, 40 nonexperimental researches and 2 qualitative researches. The scale that was the most used in researches was Hendrickon´s situation scale of urinary incontinence, followed by Jackson´s lower urinary tract symptoms, frequency of urinary incontinence, maximum vaginal contraction pressure, duration of pelvic muscle contraction. The prevalence of urinary incontinence was 10.1∼85.0%. The age of subjects in survey ranged distributed from 20 to 94 and the number of subject ranged from 60 to 3,372. The major interventions for experimental researches included pelvic floor muscle exercise, electrostimulation of pelvic floor, prompted voiding therapy,
moxibustion, urinary incontinence management program which provides pelvic floor muscle exercise, bladder training and education. The theme of qualitative research was experience of urinary incontinence.
Conclusion: It is necessary to study prevalence of urinary incontinence repeatedly for reliable results, develop reliable and variable measurements of urinary incontinence, survey change of urinary incontinence status after nursing intervention and develop self management program of urinary incontinence.
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KEYWORD
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urinary incontinence, nursing research, analysis
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