Title
Nursing intervention for severity of urinary incontinence
Authors
S. Malarvizhi* & Anuratha Matipol Dharmalingam
Affiliation
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, PSG College of Nursing, Coimbatore, Affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India; *Corresponding author
S. Malarvizhi - E-mail: malar1878@gmail.com
Anuratha Matipol Dharmalingam - E-mail: anupavan_md@yahoo.co.in
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received February 1, 2026; Revised February 28, 2026; Accepted February 28, 2026, Published February 28, 2026
Abstract
Urinary incontinence (UI) is a highly prevalent health problem among postmenopausal women ending in silent suffering. Therefore, it is of interest to assess the feasibility and effect of tailored, Evidence-based nursing intervention on severity of UI symptoms. Quasi experimental time series repeated measures design was used. Two old age homes were randomly assigned for an interventional and control setting. Ten post-menopausal women, selected by non-randomized purposive sampling from each setting were assigned to an interventional (n=10) and control group (n=10) respectively. The severity of Urinary incontinence in both groups was assessed using International Consultation on Incontinence (ICIQ -UI SF) questionnaire. The interventional group women received the nursing intervention for 12 weeks, whereas the control group continued to receive the usual care. The severity of urinary Incontinence was assessed at the end of 4th,8th and 12th weeks. Repeated measures ANOVA of pre-test and post-test-III scores in Interventional group (F= 18.46, P ≤ 0.001) was significant. In control group, there was no significant difference (F = 1.47, P ≥ 0.05).
Keywords
Urinary incontinence, severity of urinary incontinence, postmenopausal urinary incontinence, nursing intervention
Citation
Malarvizhi et al. Bioinformation 22(2): 1014-1017 (2026)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
