Exploring women's bladder self-care practices: A qualitative secondary analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To describe women's experiences with a range of bladder self-care practices.

Design

We conducted a secondary, directed content analysis of qualitative data from the Study of Habits, Attitudes, Realities and Experiences, a multisite focus group study designed to explore adolescent and adult women's experiences, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge and behaviours related to bladder health. This study was conducted by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases' Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium. Study methods were informed by the Consortium's conceptual framework, based on a social ecological model adapted from Glass and McAtee's Society-Behavior-Biology Nexus.

Methods

Participants were recruited at seven geographica

SUBMITTER: Wyman JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635011 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature