Nurses can offer understanding, assessment and a plan to manage incontinence. Health and social care staff have a vital role in managing continence for people in a variety of settings. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The study purpose is to explore adolescent and adult women's experiences, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge and behaviors related to bladder health across the life course using a socioecological perspective. Lower urinary tract symptoms affect between 20‐40% of young adult to middle‐aged women, with symptoms increasing in incidence and severity with aging. There is limited evidence to address bladder health promotion and prevention of dysfunction. This first study of the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (PLUS) Research Consortium is designed to address gaps in existing qualitative research in this area.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
The perspectives of women living with faecal incontinence as a result of childbirth injury are largely missing from the data. This project aimed to address this by bringing together women’s perspectives using a thematic synthesis. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has released an updated guideline on urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Angie Rantell explores the changes and recommendations for patients, highlighting which are relevant to management in primary care. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) are frequently used to deliver medical therapies, but our knowledge regarding PICC-related complications remains incomplete. The objective of this study was to systematically elicit and characterise PICC-related complications as experienced by patients during and after hospitalisation.
Pelvic organ prolapse is a significant quality of life issue for many women. Prolapse can be managed effectively with a mechanical device called a pessary therefore many women choose this as a conservative treatment option. Despite the extent to which pessaries are used in the UK, there are no clear guidelines regarding the training required for pessary practitioners. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Aim: To estimate the prevalence of toileting difficulties over time among older people (≥70 years) with and without dementia receiving formal in‐home care at baseline and to explore whether dementia at baseline was associated with toileting difficulties at the last assessment when adjusting for relevant covariates. We hypothesize that those with dementia have a higher prevalence and that baseline dementia is associated with toileting difficulties at last follow‐up. Open Access Article
A team of nurses is working to break the taboo of potentially life-threatening conditions. When Sharon Holroyd wants to get across the importance of good continence care, she tells the story of one patient, a woman in her thirties with a young family and a degenerative spinal condition. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Encouraging people to open up about continence can be life-changing for them. People of all ages can be affected by the involuntary loss of urine and/or faeces. An estimated 14 million men, women, young people and children are living with bladder problems in the UK, according to one study. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Despite limitations, this trial does provide evidence that both web-based and telephone-delivered CBT are better than usual treatment.
But the results do not give us any practical information about what elements of the therapy helped control or reduce symptoms of IBS.
This could have been the result of changes in diet, reduction in stress, improved sleep or other factors.
Post-prostatectomy incontinence (PPI) or urine leakage affects around 20% of men who undergo this procedure. Although affected individuals must be supported in maintaining hygiene with the use of urine capture devices, definitive treatment should also be offered if appropriate. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Evidence-based recommendations on assessing and managing urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women (including mesh surgery complications)
Free access. Recurrent UTI is a common problem in both elderly men and women.
Until now there has been limited data, particularly in men, on which to guide practice for antibiotic prophylaxis.
New observational data suggest antibiotic prophylaxis has an important place in both elderly men and women with recurrent UTI.
Conclusions: Use of the app-based treatment program for SUI empowered the women in this study and helped them self-manage their incontinence treatment. They appreciated the app as a new tool for supporting their motivation to carry through a slightly challenging PFMT program.
A giant inflatable bowel will be set up in the Atrium at Royal Stoke University Hospital on Tuesday 16 April 2019. The organ, which measures 27' by 7', will help to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of bowel cancer, with visitors getting the opportunity to walk through the bowel and get a close look at polyps and cancers. UHNM's bowel cancer screening team will also be available to help answer any queries and concerns people may have about the disease.
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Open access. While midline vascular catheters are gaining popularity in clinical practice, patterns of use and outcomes related to these devices are not well known.