Effect of Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Urinary Incontinence and Quality of Life among Patients after Prostatectomy | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 63, Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2020, Page 1050-1061 PDF (674.33 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.222518 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Zizi Fikry Mohamed Abd Elrasol1; Ola Ezzat Eltohamy Mohamed* 2; Ola Gouda Mohamed Elshiekh2 | ||||
| 1Assistant professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Urinary incontinence remains one of the most significant discomforting complications of prostatectomy. This clearly has negative quality of life implications for men. Training pelvic floor muscle exercise can greatly contribute to the prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence. Aim of the study: is to determine the effect of Pelvic Floor Muscles Strengthening Exercise on urinary incontinence and quality of life among patients after prostatectomy. Study design: A quasi-experimental research design was used in this study. Settings: The study was conducted at urology inpatient unit and urology outpatient clinics affiliated to National Medical Institute in Damanhour, El-Behera Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: A randomly sample of sixty patients, were selected from patients post prostatectomy, randomly divided into control and intervention group; 30 patients each. Tools: Three tools were used. Tool I: Socio-demographic and clinical data questionnaire. Tool II: The urinary incontinence questionnaire: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF), Tool III: The quality of life questionnaire I-QOL. Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the control and intervention group of prostatectomy patients in relation to the degree of urinary incontinence and quality of life after three months from implementation of pelvic floor muscle strengthening exercises Conclusion: it can be concluded that performing of pelvic floor muscle strengthening exercise had statistical significant improvement on degree of urinary incontinence and quality of life among patients post prostatectomy than the control. Recommendations: The nurses must emphasize to provide continuous follow up care for reinforcing the importance of the pelvic floor muscles exercises practice and stimulating the motivation to persist in the urinary incontinence management. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening Exercise; Urinary Incontinence; Quality of Life; Prostatectomy | ||||
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