Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
Yazarlar: İmran BOYLU, Gülseren DAĞLAR
Konular:Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri
Anahtar Kelimeler:Urinary Incontinence,Social Isolation,Stigmatization,Woman
Özet: Abstract: Urinary incontinence is not only medical but also a social problem which is more common between women than men throughout the world and in our country and it affects negatively the life quality. Even though it is not a life threatening problem, the disease which is connected with continuous involuntary micturition and irritation distresses the individual. Incontinence disturbance, as it gives the feeling of contamination and inadequacy, on the ground of fear of stigmatized by society, denial of symptoms can be at the forefront. This denial sense of symptoms caused disinclination in the initiation of incontinence therapy and to maintain the therapy, social isolation and sense of shame. The perception of the smell of urine of the person who suffers from incontinence by another person, evokes the social judgement in the way of failure of looking after herself. Perception of stigmatization influences the processes of healing by causing social environment to abstraction and behavioral avoidance, difficulties in making and maintaining friends in social relations, and less social support. To prevent stigmatize, it is necessary to increase social consciousness. As midwives make women feel closer and carry out a duty in all types of healthcare organizations, women can share their problems more with midwives. Firstly, the midwives should be aware of the incontience symptoms, be sensitive to influence on the life quality of disease when they make a diagnosis and they should pay sufficient attention to social and emotional aspects and carry out maintenance to the patience within the holistic care understanding. In this regard, the purpose of this compilation is to attract attention to the negative influence of urinary incontience on woman’s life and especially social stigmatize so that improve the awareness of healthcare professionals specially the midwives regarding stigmatize in incontience.