Improving Elders' Continence State

Betty D. Pearson and Janice Larson
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Betty D. Pearson: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Janice Larson: Consultant, Appleton, Wisconsin

Clinical Nursing Research, 1992, vol. 1, issue 4, 430-439

Abstract: A 6-month study was conducted to assess the effects that noninvasive self-managed interventions on 12 remediable risk factors had on elder's urinary continence status. Each remediable risk factor was linked with a criterion meeting normal and (f not normal, one or more interventions. Continence history assessments were conducted monthly on 31 elders (M age = 67.65 years). After the first assessment elders were identified as continent, incontinent or at risk for loss of continence. At the end of the 6 months, 9 of the 11 continent elders moved to the at-risk group and the other 2 remained incontinent, and 12 of the 20 at-risk elders became continent Both the elders who were initially at risk and those who were incontinent had a statistically significant reduction in the number of remediable risk factors reported at the end of the study periods The assessments and interventions are useful.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1177/105477389200100410

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