ArticleInternational journal of clinical practice2021
Womens' self-management skills for prevention and treatment of recurring urinary tract infection.
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Abstract
backgroundThe guideline on urinary tract infections (UTI) of the Dutch College of General Practitioners provides recommendations on patient-initiated treatment and prevention of recurring UTI.
aimTo study familiarity with self-management skills for prevention of recurring UTI amongst adult women. DESIGN AND SETTINGS: An online questionnaire was developed, based on the UTI guideline and interviews with women having recurring UTI. Pharmacists in a postgraduate education programme (N = 76) aimed to invite 10 adult women with a recurring UTI prescription to complete the questionnaire. Women were asked for informed consent to link medication record data to questionnaire data.
methodWe calculated proportions of the scores for self-management skills and analysed differences between age groups with chi-square test.
resultsComplete questionnaires were available for 719 women (mean age 55.1 ± 18.5 years). The proportions of women 18-50 years and women 51 years or older were 36.4% and 63.6%, respectively. Education levels of women 18-50 years were significantly higher than those of women 51 years and older. Before consulting a general practitioner (GP) for symptoms, 32.1% of all women increased fluid intake; additionally, 15.0% used analgesics and increased fluid intake. Of all women, 33.9% searched internet for information on self-management and 18% occasionally received a prescription for patient-initiated treatment, half of these prescriptions for use during vacation. Cranberry was used by 47%, d-mannose by 5% and vitamin C by 29% of all women. Awareness of different preventive behavioural measures (eg, fluid intake, washing without soap and emptying bladder after sexual intercourse) varied between 20% and 90%.
conclusionAlmost half of all women applied self-management (increased fluid intake, analgesics) before consulting a GP for recurring UTI. Awareness of preventive behavioural measures for recurring UTI varied considerably. Thus, education of women about the use of analgesics and behavioural measures deserves attention.
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