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Coping Strategies by Military Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence.

PB2008112225

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Criner, J. A.
Page Count	42
Abstract	This descriptive, exploratory study was conducted to investigate how symptom distress associated with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and barriers to continence affect coping and quality of life (QOL) in military women while in the field environment. After receiving consent from commanders and approval from internal review boards, the researcher mailed recruitment letters to the military women at the performance sites. The subjects consented to participate in the study by returning the screening portions of their recruitment letters. After return of the recruitment letter, the principal investigator (PI) distributed the cover letters and study questionnaires. The cover letter explained the purpose of the study and discussed what would happen to the study findings. All research data were kept in a locked file cabinet in the PI's office. Upon receipt of the completed, anonymous surveys, the PI entered data into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and conducted data analyses using the .05 level of significance. After data entry, frequency distributions were performed to identify missing data, outliers, and errors in data entry. The sample included 69 active duty and reserve military women with SUI who had spent at least 10 days in the field environment. Six instruments were used to measure the variables in this study: demographic data form, Incontinence Impact Questionnaire, Military Field Barrier Checklist, Military Field Coping Checklist, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and Urogenital Distress Inventory.
Keywords	Urinary system Military personnel Women Active duty Quality of life Military medicine Bladder(Urinary) Stress(Physiology) Symptoms Surveys Questionnaires Statistical data Urinary incontinence Urinary stress
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., 1 Aug 03 to 31 Mar 07.
NTIS Issue Number	200821

Coping Strategies by Military Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence.

Coping Strategies by Military Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence.
PB2008112225

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Criner, J. A.
Page Count	42
Abstract	This descriptive, exploratory study was conducted to investigate how symptom distress associated with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and barriers to continence affect coping and quality of life (QOL) in military women while in the field environment. After receiving consent from commanders and approval from internal review boards, the researcher mailed recruitment letters to the military women at the performance sites. The subjects consented to participate in the study by returning the screening portions of their recruitment letters. After return of the recruitment letter, the principal investigator (PI) distributed the cover letters and study questionnaires. The cover letter explained the purpose of the study and discussed what would happen to the study findings. All research data were kept in a locked file cabinet in the PI's office. Upon receipt of the completed, anonymous surveys, the PI entered data into the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and conducted data analyses using the .05 level of significance. After data entry, frequency distributions were performed to identify missing data, outliers, and errors in data entry. The sample included 69 active duty and reserve military women with SUI who had spent at least 10 days in the field environment. Six instruments were used to measure the variables in this study: demographic data form, Incontinence Impact Questionnaire, Military Field Barrier Checklist, Military Field Coping Checklist, Ways of Coping Questionnaire, and Urogenital Distress Inventory.
Keywords	Urinary system Military personnel Women Active duty Quality of life Military medicine Bladder(Urinary) Stress(Physiology) Symptoms Surveys Questionnaires Statistical data Urinary incontinence Urinary stress
Source Agency	TriService Nursing Research Program/Uniform Services Univ. of the Health Sciences
Corporate Authors	Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept., 1 Aug 03 to 31 Mar 07.
NTIS Issue Number	200821