Widely used by patients to control symptoms of chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and arthritis, self-management can also help patients with urinary or fecal incontinence.
The authors discuss the principles of self-management, the behaviors and skills self-managing patients need to acquire, and the nurse's role in reinforcing their use. They then describe strategies that can be incorporated within the framework of self-management to control urinary, fecal, or dual incontinence.
Written by:
Wilde MH, Bliss DZ, Booth J, Cheater FM, Tannenbaum C. Are you the author?
University of Rochester School of Nursing, Rochester, NY; School of Nursing foundation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; School of Health and Life Sciences at Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom; School of Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, United Kingdom; Université de Montréal and Geriatric Incontinence Clinic at the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Reference: Am J Nurs. 2014 Jan;114(1):38-45.
doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000441794.78032.f9
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24335594
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