Assessment and Acquisition of Knowledge Regarding Urinary Tract Infection Among Adult Women in the United States.

Autor: Gleicher S; The Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY. Electronic address: sgleicher1@northwell.edu., Srinath M; The Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY., Sebesta EM; Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN., Kaufman MR; Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN., Dmochowski RR; Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN., Stuart Reynolds W; Department of Urology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Urology [Urology] 2024 Jul; Vol. 189, pp. 34-40. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 23.
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.05.018
Abstrakt: Objective: To assess baseline UTI knowledge, interest in health resources, and platform preferences for information acquisition and dissemination.
Materials and Methods: Adult women who had a UTI in the past 12 months were recruited from Researchmatch.org to participate in a web-based quantitative study. Women with recurrent UTI (rUTI) were compared to women with a history of UTI (without rUTI).
Results: Six hundred and eighty-seven women were included in the study of which 27.4% (N = 188) had rUTI. Regarding knowledge, significantly more women without rUTI believe UTIs are caused by lack of cleanliness and that most women suffer from UTIs. Significantly more women with rUTI believe that UTIs are inherited and that getting older is associated with getting more UTIs. Regarding barriers to health information, significantly more women without rUTI feel that information is too complex and language barriers exist. More than 90% of subjects utilize their healthcare provider (HCP) for health information and most prefer office-based HCPs for health information. More than 50% of women with rUTI would like to receive UTI health updates.
Conclusion: Misinformation exists regarding causes, management, and prevention of UTIs. This study identified perceived barriers as well as preferred educational platforms with the hope that this will drive improvements in UTI-related health education.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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