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. 2024 May-Jun;51(3):213-220.
doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000001073. Epub 2024 May 27.

Effect of a Bladder Control Self-Management Program Delivered Through a Health Kiosk

Yuchen Zhang  1   2   3   4   5 , Sandra J Engberg  1   2   3   4   5 , Karen L Courtney  1   2   3   4   5 , Jacob K Kariuki  1   2   3   4   5 , Judith Tabolt Matthews  1   2   3   4   5
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Effect of a Bladder Control Self-Management Program Delivered Through a Health Kiosk

Yuchen Zhang et al. J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs. 2024 May-Jun.

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the feasibility of delivering a bladder control self-management program through a multiuser health kiosk and to evaluate the program's effect on urinary incontinence (UI) and incontinence-specific quality of life (QoL).

Design: Secondary analysis of data collected during participants' interactions with the Bladder Control Module (BCM) from the parent study.

Subjects and setting: One hundred eleven participants from the parent study were eligible to be included in this secondary analysis. Their mean age was 72.8 years, and most were female (n = 95, 85.6%); 81 (75.7%) identified themselves as Caucasian. Each participant could access the BCM at a health kiosk situated at one of several sites: senior centers, subsidized senior housing, retirement communities, and a public library.

Methods: The BCM comprised 6 sessions self-administered at least 1 week apart. The content focused on lifestyle modification, pelvic floor muscle training, and bladder (habit) retraining, with encouragement of behavioral self-monitoring between sessions. The feasibility of delivering the intervention was measured by the proportion of participants completing each session. The effect of the BCM on incontinence episodes and incontinence-specific QoL was measured, respectively, by a 7-day bladder diary and the Incontinence Impact Questionnaire Short Form.

Results: Sixty-one of the 111 eligible participants accessed the BCM. Participants recording incontinence episodes in their baseline bladder diary and completing at least 3 BCM sessions experienced significant decreases in median total UI (P = .01), urge UI (P < .001), and stress UI (P = .02) episodes per day. Incontinence-related QoL significantly improved (P = .03).

Conclusions: Our findings support the potential effectiveness of providing community-based, kiosk-enabled access to a conservative behavioral intervention designed to improve incontinence-related outcomes among older adults with UI. Additional research with a larger sample is warranted.

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