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Electrical stimulation for the treatment of urinary incontinence: do we know enough to accept it as part of our practice?
Author(s) -
Moore Katherme N
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1994.20061018.x
Subject(s) - urinary incontinence , medicine , stimulation , electric stimulation therapy , modality (human–computer interaction) , electrical current , clinical practice , treatment modality , nursing , physical therapy , intensive care medicine , urology , surgery , computer science , engineering , human–computer interaction , electrical engineering
While many nurses are involved in the treatment of incontinent patients, few are well‐informed on electrical stimulation In this paper, patient‐controlled stimulation is discussed and implications for current nursing practice considered The paper includes a discussion of the weaknesses in current research with electrostimulation and concludes with recommendations for future research in the treatment of incontinence with this new modality