Urinary Incontinence in Hospitalised Elderly Patients: Do Nurses Recognise and Manage the Problem?

Table 3

Patients’ expectations.

	Incontinent (𝑛=41)		Continent (𝑛=37)
Do you wish to improve your situation referring to UI?
Yes	18	(43.9%)
No	23	(56.1%)
Would you like to be asked about UI at the hospital?
Yes	35	(85.4%)	25	(67.6%)
No	1	(2.4%)	4	(10.8%)
Indifferent	5	(12.2%)	8	(21.6%)
By whom would you like to be asked?
Nurse	13	(31.7%)	8	(21.6%)
Physician	3	(7.3%)	5	(13.5%)
Indifferent	24	(58.5%)	20	(54.0%)
No answer	1	(2.4%)	4	(10.8%)