STRESS INCONTINENCE

Course overview

STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE IS THE SUDDEN, INVOLUNTARY LOSS OF URINE SECONDARY TO INCREASED INTRAABDOMINAL PRESSURE THAT IS AFFECTING THE PATIENT’S QUALITY OF LIFE. PRECIPITATING ACTIVITIES INCLUDE COUGHING, LAUGHING, SNEEZING, STRAINING, OR EXERCISING. THE PATIENT MAY INITIALLY PRESENT WITH URINARY COMPLAINTS OF DYSURIA, FREQUENCY, AND URGENCY. THIS ACTIVITY EXPLAINS THE EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE AND THE PART PLAYED BY THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN PROVIDING CARE FOR THOSE WITH THIS CONDITION.