Journal of Nursing & Care

Fariba Ghodsbin

Publications

• Research Article
  The Efficiency of a Behavioral Intervention Program for Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Females
  Author(s): Fariba Ghodsbin, Marzeiah Kargar, Iran Jahanbin and Mohammad Mahdi SaghebFariba Ghodsbin, Marzeiah Kargar, Iran Jahanbin and Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb
  
  Background: Urinary incontinence (UI) is a women’s health problem that imposes major problems for personal quality of life. Objective: The aim is to determine the effect of a Behavioral Intervention Program on the quality of life of the elderly females with urinary incontinence, who referred to Jahandidegan center in Shiraz-Iran, 2011. Material and methods: The participants consisted of 60 women aged 60-74 years with QUID questionnaire’s scores for different types of incontinence (stress score ≥ 4, urge score ≥ 6 and mix score ≥ 10). QUID questionnaire was used for patients with urinary incontinence. It also gave us the possibility to determine the types of urinary incontinence. For matching, we placed an equal numbers of each type of urinary incontinence in each group. Ten subjects from each t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000122

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