scholarly journals Experience of Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women in Urban Areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-225
Author(s):  
Min Ryu ◽  
Haeyun Shin ◽  
Miseon Bang ◽  
Suhye Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Prevention Education ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Daily Pain

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to understand and describe the experiences of urinary incontinence in older women in urban areas.Methods: Data were collected through individual in-depth interviews of 8 older women with urinary incontinence in urban areas from September 2020 to March 2021. The transcribed data were analyzed using Colaizzi's phenomenological six-step method.Results: Four theme clusters emerged: Urinary incontinence as an uninvited visitor in old age; The heavy daily pain urinary incontinence causes; Self-help efforts to cope with urinary incontinence; and A mind to hold on to the present condition so as not to deteriorate.Conclusion: This study provided an in-depth understanding of older women’s experiences with urinary incontinence in urban areas. Based on the results of this study, efforts should be made to develop and provide emotional and psychological support and prevention education programs that can adequately support older women with urinary incontinence in urban areas.

Sens et pratiques de la grand-maternité : une étude par théorisation ancrée auprès de femmes aînées québécoises

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michèle Charpentier ◽  
Anne Quéniart ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
Principal Factors ◽  
Life Trajectory ◽  
Theorisation Ancree ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Depth Interviews

AbstractThis article sets out to analyze how older women understand grandmotherhood. In-depth interviews were conducted with 25 elderly women from Quebec with diverse lives (widowed, married, single, with or without children) drawn from three generations (65–74 years, 75–84 years, 85 years and over) according to principles of qualitative analysis using grounded theory. Based on a constructivist approach, results highlight the evolution of images of grandmotherhood offering the benefit of emotional, playful and comforting roles. This analysis also reveals multiple ways of being a grandmother and commitments that vary according to three principal factors: (1) the personality and life trajectory of the grandmothers; (2) the family situation and role of crisis in the family; and (3) the degree of intimacy with grandchildren. There follows a discussion on the place and role of the family in the lives of older women today.

Relationship between Drug Use and Urinary Incontinence in Elderly Women

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 786-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie A. Shimp ◽  
Thelma J. Wells ◽  
Carol A. Brink ◽  
Ananias C. Diokno ◽  
Grace L. Gillis
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Estrogen Therapy ◽  
Medication Usage ◽  
Prostaglandin Inhibitors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Nonprescription Drug

Two hundred older women with urinary incontinence were studied to observe the influence of their prescription and nonprescription drug use on symptoms of incontinence. Ninety percent of women reported using medication, with an average use of four drugs. Medications statistically associated with urinary incontinence symptomatology were prostaglandin inhibitors, diuretics, and estrogen therapy. Further studies are needed to clarify the relationship between medication usage and the presence and severity of urinary incontinence.

scholarly journals Independence of the maid in Binh Tan District, Ho Chi Minh City

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Ngo Thi Thu Trang ◽  
Chau Thi Thu Thuy
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Apartment Building ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Observation Method ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Future Plans

Housework is a very important profession in modern society. In urban areas, the demand for skilled housework is high, but the quality of the labor force is low, resulting in a shortage of labor. The scope of the report is the women who work as a maid in Binh Tan District. This is a suburban district where many young couples choose to settle and they have a high need for helpers. The maid is also "liberated" when they participate in the job to earn their income. The research team is interested in two groups of female maids who currently live and work in two different spaces (apartment buildings and residential area). With qualitative research methods, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 15 female assistants in Hai Thanh apartment building and residential in Binh Tri Dong B ward, Binh Tan district, Ho Chi Minh city. Each interviewee was approached by the authors at least twice with the observation method. The authors obtained the results of the self-help of the female assistants by 05 contents: resolving the conflict between housework with the owner; make income of housework; building social relationships; know and enforce labor law; planning future plans of housework.  

Older women and their representations of old age: a qualitative analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 983-1007 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNE QUÉNIART ◽  
MICHÈLE CHARPENTIER
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Three Generations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Social Prejudice ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
The Continuum

ABSTRACTIn this article we shall be analysing the representations of old age and ageing made by three generations of older women with different life stories (single, married, children and childless). Our principal findings, based on a qualitative analysis of 25 in-depth interviews conducted with three generations of older women (65–74, 75–84 and 85 and older), mainly reveal their reluctance and even refusal to define themselves as ‘older or elderly women’, largely due to persistent stereotypes linking old age to dependency, social isolation and fragility. Aware of the social prejudice regarding women and old age, they reject it unanimously. Older women represent a challenge to these homogenising preconceptions of old age, which they, on the contrary, experience in a multitude of ways, often enjoyable. Their conceptions of ‘ageing well’ are diverse and do not correspond to a clinical definition of ageing. Their representations of ‘ageing well’ and of ageing express positive values of autonomy, independence, consistency and integrity, maintenance of physical and intellectual health, and being socially active so they can ‘stay in the swing of things’, in the continuum of their lives and future projects, rather breaking with contemporary life or existing on the margins of society.

We're Still Here

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Search For Meaning ◽  
Fair Share ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Face ◽  
Depth Interviews

The economy has been brutal to American workers. The chance to provide a better life for one’s children—the promise at the heart of the American Dream—is slipping away. In the face of soaring economic inequality and mounting despair, we might expect struggling Americans to rise up together and demand their fair share of opportunity. And yet, the groups who stand to gain the most from collective mobilization appear the least motivated to act in their own self-interest. This book examines why disadvantaged people disable themselves politically. Drawing on in-depth interviews with over one hundred black, white, and Puerto Rican residents in a declining coal town in Pennsylvania, We’re Still Here demonstrates that many working-class people are fiercely critical of growing inequality and of the politicians who have failed to protect them from poverty, exploitation, and social exclusion. However, the institutions that historically mediated between personal suffering and collective political struggle have not only become weak, but have become sites of betrayal. In response, working-class people turn inward, cultivating individualized strategies for triumphing over pain. Convinced that democratic processes are rigged in favor of the wealthy, they search for meaning in internet conspiracy theories or the self-help industry—solitary strategies that turn them inward, or turn them against each other. But as visions of a broken America unite people across gender, race, and age, they also give voice to upended hierarchies, creative re-imaginings of economic justice, and yearnings to be part of a collective whole.

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