title: Women's self-care agency to manage urinary incontinence: the impact of nursing agency and body experience.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Women with urinary incontinence (UI) report that the disease negatively impacts their quality of life but, paradoxically, under-report symptoms.
  
  
  METHODS
  A predictive model using Orem's self-care deficit theory was developed exploring the effect of body experience on self-care agency to manage UI. A sample of postmenopausal women was drawn from a larger trial. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Minor modification of the model produced a well-fitting model (chi(9) = 3.20, P = .96, n = 235). Results supported the positive effect of nursing agency on self-care agency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Group education about UI may increase self-care agency in postmenopausal women.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. sjhh@umich.edu
authors.forename: Sandra H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: Carolyn M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Sampselle
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ronis
authors.forename: SeonAe
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yeo
authors.forename: Barbara L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Fredrickson
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001828:Body Image; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology