Incontinence: enhancing care in women's prisons.
| Autor: | Drennan V; Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, St George's University of London., Goodman C, Norton C, Wells A |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Nursing times [Nurs Times] 2011 May 3-9; Vol. 107 (17), pp. 18-9. |
| Abstrakt: | Background: There is no evidence on the prevalence of urinary and faecal incontinence symptoms in women prisoners. Aim: To explore the extent and management of bladder and bowel symptoms to inform prison health services and prison nursing practice. Method: An anonymous self-report questionnaire tailored to low levels of English literacy, and administered in one women's prison. Results: Women prisons have a higher reported prevalence of urinary and faecal incontinence, constipation and nocturnal enuresis than community populations; this is an unrecognised health problem. Conclusion: Prison primary care nurses should consider introducing sensitive but direct questions on bladder and bowel symptoms into admission assessment processes. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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