Clinical trial NCT05277467: Elderly Urinary Incontinence Caregiver Burden
Official title: Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Patients and Its Impact on Caregiver Burden: An Overlooked and Underestimated Topic
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Caregiver Burden
Urinary Incontinence
Keywords: urinary incontinence
elderly patient
family member
caregiver
caregiver burden
Lead sponsor: Ankara Medipol University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-03-14
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study was conducted prospectively with 80 elderly (≥65 years of age) patients with UI and their family caregivers who applied to the urology clinic of a state hospital between June and December 2021 and who have agreed to the study.

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the severity of urinary incontinence (UI) in elderly patients and its impact on the burden of care in their family caregivers.

Detailed description: The objective was to evaluate the severity of urinary incontinence (UI) in elderly patients and its impact on the burden of care in their family caregivers.

The study is a descriptive, cross-sectional and relationship-seeking type of research. It was conducted prospectively with 80 elderly(≥65 years of age) patients with UI and their family caregivers who applied to the urology clinic between June and December 2021. The data was collected using the "Socio-Demographic Characteristics Data Collection Form". UI was assessed by "International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form(ICIQ-UI-SF)" and caregiver burden by means of Zarit Burden Scale(ZBI) form.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The primary caregiver family member (mother, father, spouse, sibling, child), appropriate cognitive and mental health to respond to the applied forms, constant patient care
* The patient's being 65 years and older and diagnosed with urinary incontinence.

Exclusion Criteria:

* The family member who did not volunteer to participate in the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire Short Form
timeFrame: This form was applied to the patients immediately after the patient examination at the urology clinic.
measure: Zarit Burden Interview
timeFrame: This form was applied to the patients immediately after the patient examination at the urology clinic.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Ankara Medipol University
Study officials:
affiliation: Ankara Medipol University
name: Nilay BEKTAS AKPINAR, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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