Impacto da incontinência urinária na qualidade de vida de mulheres: revisão integrativa da literatura [Impact of urinary incontinence on women's quality of life: an integrative literature review] [Impacto de la incontinencia urinaria en la calidad de vida de las mujeres: una revisión bibliográfica integradora]
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2020.51896Keywords:
Mulheres, Saúde da Mulher, Incontinência Urinária, Qualidade de Vida.Abstract
Objetivo: verificar o impacto da incontinência urinária na qualidade de vida das mulheres. Método: revisão integrativa realizada em fontes eletrônicas da CAPES, LILACS e PubMed. Utilizou-se como critério de inclusão, os artigos disponíveis eletronicamente na íntegra e que dissertaram sobre a temática, e de exclusão os que apresentaram duplicidade na busca. Foram selecionados doze artigos. Resultados: os estudos analisados foram publicados no período de 2015 a 2019, sendo nove estudos do tipo transversal. Identificaram-se quatro categorias temáticas: percepção das mulheres sobre a IU; impacto da IU na QV de mulheres; tipo de IU de maior influência sobre a QV; e importância da avaliação da QV de mulheres incontinentes. Conclusão: evidenciou-se o impacto negativo da IU na QV de mulheres, devido a limitações físicas, sexuais, ocupacionais e sociais, e sentimentos como vergonha, falta de controle, mal-estar, insegurança, sofrimento e culpa.
ABSTRACT
Objective: to verify the impact of urinary incontinence on women’s quality of life. Method: integrative review conducted in CAPES, LILACS and PubMed electronic sources. For inclusion, articles had to be available in full electronically and address the subject; search duplicates were excluded. Twelve articles were selected. Results: these studies, nine cross-sectional, were published from 2015 to 2019. Four thematic categories were identified: women’s perception of UI; impact of UI on women’s QOL; UI type with greatest impact on QOL; and importance of assessing incontinent women’s QOL. Conclusion: UI had adverse impact on QOL of women, because of physical, sexual, occupational, and social limitations, as well as feelings of shame, lack of control, discomfort, insecurity, suffering and guilt.
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Objetivo: verificar el impacto de la incontinencia urinaria en la calidad de vida de las mujeres. Método: revisión integradora realizada en fuentes electrónicas CAPES, LILACS y PubMed. Para su inclusión, los artículos debían estar disponibles en su totalidad en formato electrónico y abordar el tema; Se excluyeron los duplicados de búsqueda. Se seleccionaron doce artículos. Resultados: estos estudios, nueve transversales, se publicaron entre 2015 y 2019. Se identificaron cuatro categorías temáticas: percepción de las mujeres sobre la IU; impacto de la IU en la calidad de vida de las mujeres; Tipo de IU con mayor impacto en la calidad de vida; e importancia de evaluar la calidad de vida de las mujeres con incontinencia. Conclusión: la IU tuvo un impacto adverso en la calidad de vida de las mujeres, debido a limitaciones físicas, sexuales, ocupacionales y sociales, así como sentimientos de vergüenza, descontrol, malestar, inseguridad, sufrimiento y culpa.
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