A study to assess the awareness on urinary incontinence, factors contributing and its impact on quality of life among men attending medical outpatient department in a tertiary care hospital Udupi district, Karnataka.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 386
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- contributing and quality of life of people with urinary incontinence.
研究概览
简要总结
This study aims to assess the knowledge on urinary incontinence, factors contributing and their quality of life among men aged above 40 years which helps to understand the problems faced in their daily activities. Identifying the factors contributing will aid in preventing the urinary incontinence.
The objectives of the study are:
· To assess the awareness on urinary incontinence among men by using structured knowledge questionnaire.
· To assess the factors contributing to urinary incontinence among men by using structured checklist.
· To assess the quality of life among men with urinary incontinence by using I-QOL questionnaire.
· To find the correlation between knowledge, factors contributing urinary incontinence and quality of life among men.
· To develop and validate an information booklet on self-care management of urinary incontinence.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 40.00 Year(s) 至 99.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- Male
入选标准
- •All the men aged above 40 years attending medicine outpatient department in Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, and those who are willing and interested in participating in the study.
排除标准
- •Men who are not able to give any information and men below 40 years.
结局指标
主要结局
contributing and quality of life of people with urinary incontinence.
时间窗: within 8 months
At the end of the study the outcome measures are, awareness, factors
时间窗: within 8 months
次要结局
- the secondary outcome is, this study can be useful for the community to understand the urinary incontinence & they can even gain the knowledge by using the information booklet(after 8 months)
研究者
Aishwarya
Manipal College of Nursing