title: [Frequency, Intensity and Daily Life Distress of Urinary Dysfunction in Women with Cervical Cancer after Radical Hysterectomy].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was done to identify frequency, intensity of urinary dysfunction and daily life distress in women after a radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and fifty seven women who had undergone a radical hysterectomy and one hundred and sixty five women as healthy controls completed questionnaires on intensity of urinary dysfunction and daily life distress caused by urinary dysfunction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Women with cervical cancer showed higher frequency of urinary dysfunction than healthy controls. Major urinary dysfunction for women with cervical cancer in order of frequency were night-time incontinence (odds ratio=10.39, p<.001), difficulty in starting urination, weak urine stream and sense of incomplete emptying of bladder. The highest score on intensity was difficulty in starting urination, followed by urgency, weak urine stream, daytime frequency and sense of incomplete emptying. Night-time incontinence was the urinary symptom causing the most daily life distress for cervical cancer women followed by difficulty in starting urination, urgency, sense of incomplete emptying, and night-time frequency.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggest that nurses should address the potential postoperative urinary complications and develop long term interventions to decrease urinary dysfunction and daily life distress for women who have had a radical hysterectomy for cervical cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Nami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chun
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Sungshin Women's University, Seoul, Korea. nkorn91@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Gie Ok
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology*; D014554:Urination; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Hysterectomy; Neurogenic urinary bladder; Uterine cervical neoplasms