الفهرس 
Anatomy and physiology of urinary system
Nursing managementOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Urinary incontinence is one of the greatest problems that affect about third of adult women’s quality of life. It also affects the confidence, self respect, personal relationships in negative way, increase dependence on caregivers and restrict activities of daily life. Urinary incontinence is a basic nursing care issue. So, nurses must be more creative and inventive, in developing new approaches to prevent and manage urinary incontinence.
The quality of life for urinary incontinence women are affected in some way from the time of diagnosis and have many factors that affect their social, psychological, physical, and spiritual status.
Aim: This study aims to assess the effect of urinary incontinence onwomen quality oflife in.
Methods: A descriptive study is conductedat the urology out patients and inpatients, departments (maternity hospital) and El Demerdash Hospital which are affiliated to Ain Shams University.
Sample: A purposive sample of 140 women with urinary incontinence was recruited for the conduction of this study fromthe above mentioned setting.
Tools: (1) Women, interviewing questionnaire sheet is used to assess the socio-demographicdata of the studied women, and the factors which affect quality oflife for them: physical, social, psychological and spiritual. (2) Women medical record is used to identify past and presenthistory, (3) Quality of life assessment sheet.
Results: The urinary incontinence affect on women QOL in negative way. Moreover, there are statistically significant relations between the factors which affect their QOL as regards: age, education, knowledge incontinent type, duration, pain, income and incontinence.
Conclusion: Urinary incontinence afect on women’s quality of life. There is many factors which afect on quality of life in womenwith urinary incontinence including: physical, psychological, socialand spiritual factors. Moreover, significant relations are found between these factors and women’ characteristics (age, knowledge, educational level, income), added to pain severity, incontinence type, and complications.
Recommendations: An educational program should be held periodicallyfor such groups of women with urinary incontinence, further studies areneeded to focus on other factors affecting on quality of life inwomen with urinary incontinence.