Women's strategies for coping with urinary incontinence
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342013000200004Keywords:
Urinary incontinence, Women, Rehabilitation, Surgery, Life change eventsAbstract
This article is part of a more comprehensive qualitative study which used grounded theory and symbolic interactionism as theoretical and methodological frameworks, resulting in the theoretical model entitled, Between suffering and hope: rehabilitation of urinary incontinence as an intervenient component. In order to communicate all the knowledge produced, part of this model is presented, and it refers to the process of coping with urinary incontinence by women without perspectives of access to surgical treatment after failure of conservative procedures. When interrelating the components (categories and subcategories) of these women's experience in order to compare and analyze them to understand their interaction, moral and psychosocial vulnerability were noticed within the experience of the group, which makes them susceptible to health risks and to compromise of their quality of life, observed in the movement of the group's experience. Research is needed to further understand experiences in which there are barriers to surgical treatment due to physicians' disbelief in its effectiveness.Downloads
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2013-04-01
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Delarmelindo, R. de C. A., Parada, C. M. G. de L., Rodrigues, R. A. P., & Bocchi, S. C. M. (2013). Women’s strategies for coping with urinary incontinence. Revista Da Escola De Enfermagem Da USP, 47(2), 296-303. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0080-62342013000200004