"不断的担忧":农村妇女的尿失禁自我管理:一种定性研究
Abbey Jo Klein1, Christine Eisenhauer2, Elizabeth Mollard3
1University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Nursing, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Research in nursing & health
|October 4, 2023
概括
农村妇女在管理尿失禁时面临着独特的挑战. 农村地区的社会因素和资源短缺对女性体验UI的自我护理和医疗保健获得有重大影响.
科学领域:
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 定性研究是指质量研究.
背景情况:
- 尿失禁 (UI) 影响约60%的美国女性,对生活质量产生负面影响.
- 农村妇女经历健康差异和护理障碍,但在UI研究中代表性不足.
- 了解农村人口的UI自我管理对于解决这些差异至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 探索30-60岁的农村妇女的尿失禁 (UI) 自主管理行为.
- 确定影响UI自我管理的上下文因素.
- 了解农村环境对UI自我管理的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用通过社交媒体进行有目的抽样进行的定性描述性研究.
- 通过Zoom与31名农村妇女进行了半结构面试.
- 采访数据的专题分析使用先验和新兴编码.
主要成果:
- 农村环境是一个影响UI自我管理的跨领域主题.
- 出现了五个主要主题:自我管理行为,家庭影响,医疗接触,讨论UI和资源短缺.
- 农村的社会互联性在寻求UI护理方面提出了挑战.
结论:
- 农村环境在很大程度上塑造了UI的自我管理策略和中年妇女获得医疗保健的机会.
- 调查结果强调了考虑到农村环境的定制干预措施的必要性.
- 纳入多种视角的进一步研究对于推进UI自我管理知识至关重要.
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