Evaluation of sleep quality in women with urinary incontinence before and after surgical correction

• Grant number: 13/10310-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2013
• End date: September 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Medicine - Maternal and Child Health
• Principal Investigator: Emerson de Oliveira
• Grantee: Mariana Pereira Inácio Silvestri
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC). Organização Social de Saúde. Fundação do ABC. Santo André , SP, Brazil

Abstract

For women, urinary incontinence determines social, sexual, psychological and economic problems. Some symptoms associated with urinary incontinence affect sleep quality in women such as nocturia and enuresis. Thus, this study aims to analyze the effects of treatment of urinary incontinence in women`s sleep quality. This will be a longitudinal cohort study conducted through questionnaries. The study population will consist of 100 adult women who have a diagnosis of stress urinary incontinence and who will undergo surgical correction by surgery SLING. Three instruments will be used to evaluate: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Index of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Questionnaire and a socio-economic development.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE FREITAS, JOSYANDRA PAULA; INACIO SILVESTRI, MARIANA PEREIRA; FERNANDES, CESAR EDUARDO; DE OLIVEIRA, EMERSON. Avaliação da qualidade do sono em mulheres com incontinência urinária antes e depois da correção cirúrgica. Einstein (São Paulo), v. 16, n. 2, APR-JUN 2018. (13/10310-7)