%0 Journal Article
%T Urinary incontinence with persons over the age of 65
%A Maja Rakin
%A Nada Prli£¿
%J South Eastern Europe Health Sciences Journal
%D 2011
%I 
%X Aim To investigate the appearance of the urinary incontinence with persons over the age of 65 in the area of town Osijek in the period of July to October and to establish a difference in the ability to control the urination between persons who lived in the nursing home and those who lived in their own home.Methods A standardized Bladder control self-assessment questionnaire (B-SAQ) has been used as an instrument. The research covered 100 persons (50 nursing home residents and 50 participants from individual home).Results In 100 persons of older age who took part in this research 83 (83%) have had a problem of urinary incontinence and 17 (17%) according to the result of B-SAQ questionnaire do not have. The research showed that with questioned persons there were no existed difference in ability to control the urination regarding the place of living. The results have shown that 6 (12%) of participants from individual home did not have a problem or urinary incontinence, whereas 44 persons (88%) have had this problem. In the group of participants who lived in a nursing home 11 persons (22%) did not have a problem of urinary incontinence and 39 of them (78%) did have. Conclusion It is very important to apply the Programme for preventive sanitary measures for incontinent elderly persons because in this way the number of incontinent persons could be significantly reduced.
%K urinarny incontinence
%K elderly
%K urinary bladder
%U http://fznj.unvi.edu.ba/SEEHSJ/Volume%201/Mokracna%20inkontinencija%20kod_starijih%20osoba%20-%20Maja%20Rakin.pdf