Investigation and analysis of the status of incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the prevalence and the nursing status of incontinence and incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD),analyze the risk factors of the occurrence of IAD,and to provide effective measures for the prevention and management of IAD.Methods Using the questionnaire survey, 1 318 hospitalized patients in 2 grade three hospitals of Suzhou were investigated,and then the results were analyzed.Results The prevalence of incontinence was 10.70％(141/1 318),among the prevalence of urinary incontinence was 4.63％(61/1 318),fecal incontinence was 4.32％(57/1 318);with 24.11％(34/141) of incontinent patients having IAD;disposable pad and briefs were the most common containment devices,only 36.17％ (51/141) of the incontinent inpatients using skin protectant after perineal skin clean.Single factor analysis revealed that IAD was related with wards, types of incontinence, character of stools, frequency of feces, antibiotics, modes of nutrition support, Braden scores, level of albumin and prealbumin.Unconditional Logistic regression indicated that risk factors of IAD included the level of serum albumin (OR=0.769, P＜ 0.05), Braden scores(OR=0.335, P＜ 0.05) and frequency of feces(OR=11.076, P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Incontinence and IAD are common in hospitalized patients,low serum albumin, low Braden scores and high frequency of feces are the risk factors of IAD.The clinical nurses have not paied enough attention on the prevention of IAD, lacked relevant knowledge and skin care regimen.