Research Article   
PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF URINARY PROBLEMS IN THE ELDERLY AT CNHU-HKM IN COTONOU (BENIN)
Author(s): Michel Metonou Mehinto*, Appolinaire Gnanvi, Clementine Lokonon and Amelie D. Akplogan Objective: Old age, which is a normal evolution of the physiological process, is experienced anxiously by many elderly people facing urinary disorders in Cotonou. The silence around it led to the initiative of this research which is interested in the study of the psychological repercussions of urinary incontinence in the elderly. Method: As part of a mixed study perspective with a descriptive and analytical aim, it was conducted from 26 July, 2023 to 25 January, 2024 at the University Clinic of Mental Health. It consisted of data collection carried out from a sample of 92 people including 40 patients confronted with urinary incontinence in urology and mental health clinics, relatives of patients, managers of social promotion centers and the social health service of the Centre National Hospitalier Universitaire Hubert Koutoukou MAGA (CNHU-HKM),.. Read More» DOI: 10.54615/2231-7805.47379

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