Mixed incontinence: a new nursing diagnosis?
Consistent efforts to identify and clinically validate new nursing diagnosis within recognized categories are essential to taxonomy development. Mixed incontinence is a clinical condition resulting in leakage of urine associated with increased intra-abdominal pressure (stress) and inability to delay voiding (urge). The presence of mixed incontinence was clinically validated in two populations (n = 9, n = 40) of community-dwelling women and initial defining characteristics were identified. Research findings from both studies support the addition of a proposed sixth nursing diagnosis, mixed incontinence, to the diagnostic category, alteration in urinary elimination.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing*