Occurrence of involuntary urine loss: exploratory study between puerperae in a philantropic maternity of a city in São Paulo State - Brazil / Estudo exploratório sobre a ocorrência de perda involuntária de urina entre puérperas de uma maternidade filantrópica de município paulista

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Urinary incontinence is a symptom that reaches predominantly women and consists in a public health problem. Puerperium is a fragile phase of all pregnancy and puerperium period that receives scarcely attention from health professionals and the there is a lack of national literature about the prevalence of urinary incontinence. In this way, this study aimed to study the occurrence of involuntary urinary loss in a puerperae group and specifically to identify the occurrence and type of symptoms related to involuntary urinary loss at any life moment and during pregnancy and puerperium period; to describe the occurrence of involuntary urinary loss at pregnancy and puerperium period, according to: number of pregnancy, type of childbirth, use of forceps, episiotomy, weight and newborn?s cefalic perimeter. This is cross-section descriptive study developed in a philantropic maternity in a city from São Paulo State - Brazil. Participated on this study 244 puerperae, with age between 14-43 years, that appeared in puerperium?s consultation. To collection data a half-structuralized interview and maternity?s handbook was used. The results point a prevalence of 45,9% involuntary urinary loss, when considered its occurrence to the little one time, at any moment of life. Between these 112 women, 77,8% had initiated symptoms during index pregnancy; 9,8% after index childbirth; 6,3% before index pregnancy; 3,6% during another pregnancy and 2,7% after another childbirth. At any moment of life and at the current pregnancy and puerperium period had predominance of stress symptoms, following by mixed and urgency symptoms. The existence of symptoms found in the immediate puerperium suggests the need of special attention by the health?s system and the professionals, in order to prevent negative repercussions in woman?s health.

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incontinência urinária puerperium fisioterapia urinary incontinence woman´s health saúde da mulher puerpério physiotherapy

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