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Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence in the postpartum period: an integrative literature review

2025-05-01Review article Open access
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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas::Ciências da Saúde
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Filipa Daniela
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Maria da Saudade
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Isabel Margarida
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-04T15:43:47Z
dc.date.available2025-09-04T15:43:47Z
dc.date.issued2025-05-01
dc.descriptionArticle number - 1562572
dc.description.abstractUrinary incontinence (UI) during pregnancy and after childbirth can negatively impact women's lifestyles, health, and well-being. It is a common problem that is often normalized by both healthcare professionals and women. This integrative review examines the influence of UI on women's quality of life (QoL) during the postpartum period and identifies the main affected domains. It will also contribute to the discussion of the results of a primary study. Fourteen studies were included in this review, mainly from Brazil and Spain, with most using quantitative methods. The findings indicate that UI negatively affects the QoL of women during the postpartum period, with mixed UI causing greater discomfort despite stress UI being more frequent. The main affected domains are general health perception, physical functioning, daily life activities, psychological/emotional/mental and social aspects, and sexuality. Effective interventions should promote women's self-care and enhance their awareness and recognition of the problem. These interventions should go beyond physical aspects to address emotional and psychological dimensions, such as low self-esteem and self-image, secrecy, embarrassment, and reluctance to seek help. Nurse midwives have specialized skills and can work within multidisciplinary teams to improve the QoL of women with UI at a time of increased vulnerability.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipAcknowledgments The corresponding author gratefully acknowledges the support of the Health Sciences Research Unit: Nursing, Nursing School of Coimbra, and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under grant reference project UIDB/00742/2020.
dc.identifier.citationLopes FD, Henriques C, Lopes MdS and Mendes IM (2025) Quality of life of women with urinary incontinence in the postpartum period: an integrative literature review. Front. Glob. Women's Health 6:1562572. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2025.1562572
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fgwh.2025.1562572
dc.identifier.eissn2673-5059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13988
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relationHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/global-womens-health/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1562572/full
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Global Women's Health
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectNursing
dc.subjectpostpartum period
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectUrinary incontinence
dc.subjectWomen
dc.titleQuality of life of women with urinary incontinence in the postpartum period: an integrative literature revieweng
dc.typereview article
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oaire.awardTitleHealth Sciences Research Unit: Nursing
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00742%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Global Women's Health
oaire.citation.volume6
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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person.familyNameGraça Henriques
person.familyNameOliveira Custódio Lopes
person.givenNameCarolina Miguel
person.givenNameMaria da Saudade
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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