Conceptual Framework for Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis Based on Scoping Review and Expert Consensus Process

The impact of urinary incontinence on multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analysis of observational studies

BACKGROUND AND AIM

We aimed to capture the breadth of health outcomes that have been associated with the presence of Urinary Incontinence (UI) and systematically assess the quality, strength, and credibility of these associations through an umbrella review and integrated meta-analyses.

METHODS

We assessed meta-analyses of observational studies based on random-effect summary effect sizes and their p-values, 95% prediction intervals, heterogeneity, small-study effects, and excess significance. We graded the evidence from convincing (Class I) to weak (Class IV).

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

From 3172 articles returned in search of the literature, 9 systematic reviews were included with a total of 41 outcomes. Overall, 37 out of the 41 outcomes reported nominally significant summary results (p < 0.05), with 22 associations surviving the application of a more stringent p-value (p < 10^-6). UI was associated with worse scores than controls in female sexual function (Class II), while it was also associated with a higher prevalence of depression (odds ratio [OR] = 1.815; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.551-2.124), and anxiety (OR = 1.498; 95% CI: 1.273-1.762) (Class IV). UI was associated with poorer quality of life (QoL), higher rate of mortality (hazard ratio = 2.392; 95% CI: 2.053-2.787) an increase in falls, frailty, pressure ulcers, diabetes, arthritis, and fecal incontinence (Class IV).

CONCLUSIONS

UI is associated with female sexual dysfunction, with highly suggestive evidence. However, the evidence of other adverse outcomes including depression, anxiety, poorer QoL, higher mortality, falls, pressure ulcers, diabetes, arthritis, fecal incontinence, and frailty is only weak. A multidimensional approach should be taken in managing UI in the clinical setting.

Moisture-Associated Skin Damage: Expanding and Updating Practice Based on the Newest ICD-10-CM Codes

Moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) occurs when skin is repeatedly exposed to various sources of bodily secretions or effluents, often leading to irritant contact dermatitis with inflammation, with or without denudation of affected skin. In 2020, the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society took an initiative that led to the addition of multiple International Classification for Diseases codes for irritant contract dermatitis caused by various forms of MASD for use in the United States (ICD-10-CM). In the last issue of the Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, a clinical practice alert identifying the various new codes was published that summarized each of the new codes and provided highlights of the descriptions of each of the these codes. This is the first in a series of 2 articles providing a more detailed description of the newest irritant contact dermatitis codes linked to MASD. Specifically, this article reviews the clinical manifestations and assessment, pathophysiology, epidemiology, prevention, and management of irritant contact dermatitis due to saliva, respiratory secretions, and fecal or urinary incontinence.

Skin injuries associated with severe life-threatening situations: A new conceptual framework

PURPOSE

To create a conceptual framework for skin injuries developing in patients whose lives are severely compromised or who are expected to die within a short period of time. To name and classify these types of skin injuries. To describe the clinical features of the different types of skin injuries that may occur in terminally ill and/or dying patients.

DESIGN

A sequential design with several different phases (a literature review, a nominal group, and a consensus conference) was used.

METHODS

Six experts with extensive knowledge of these types of injuries were selected for the nominal group. The traditional eight-phase nominal group technique was followed. The consensus conference consisted of participants voting on different options based on the statements elaborated with the expert panel summarizing the best scientific evidence available.

FINDINGS

Using all these elements, a conceptual framework was constructed to identify skin injuries associated with severe life-threatening situations (SI-SLTSs), defined as unpredictable and therefore unpreventable injuries indicating a serious threat to life or even imminent death. These injuries can occur in two forms: (a) as skin injuries associated with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (SI-MODSs) or (b) as skin injuries associated with severe vasoconstriction (SI-ESVs). SI-MODSs develop very quickly and suddenly. They progress from superficial to deep stages abruptly, even within hours. The severity of the injuries does not reflect the care provided to the patient. Individuals suffering from these injuries have an irreversible clinical condition. SI-ESVs also appear in individuals who are in a very critical, even terminal, clinical condition. They are frequently treated in the ICU and may exhibit severe vasoconstriction due to their disease process (e.g., shock), sometimes exacerbated by vasoconstriction caused by various drugs (e.g., noradrenaline).

CONCLUSIONS

We have developed a conceptual framework for skin injuries developing in patients whose lives are severely compromised or who are expected to die within a short period of time and have named them SI-SLTSs, distinguishing between SI-MODSs and SI-ESVs.

CLINICAL RELEVANCE

This new conceptual framework may help clinicians understand the mechanisms and the pathophysiology of skin injuries that develop in terminally ill and/or dying patients associated with multi-organ failure. Through this new framework these injuries can be identified and differentiated from pressure injuries or other dependence-related skin lesions.

APPLICATION OF THE DIAPER USE RATING SCALE IN A MEDICAL CLINIC OF A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Objectives:apply the evaluation scale for the use of diapers and absorbent products (AUFA Scale) in patients admitted to the medical clinic; identify and analyze the results of this application, the sociodemographic profile of patients in vogue as well as repercussions on the skin related to the use of sanitary pads and diapers. Method: observational, cross-sectional, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out in the medical clinic sector of the University Hospital Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF/UFRJ), from November 2019 to February 2020, with a convenience sample of 46 patients. There was application of a form to survey general data and, later, the application of the AUFA scale, which identified the following variables: skin conditions, skin aging, cognitive ability, motor skills and incontinence. Results: all 46 patients were using diapers, half women and the other half men, mostly elderly and without a diagnosis of incontinence. In view of the application and analysis of the AUFA scale, only 18 patients (39.14%) were indicated for diaper use. With the inappropriate use of diapers, 27 patients had skin lesions resulting from moisture, a situation that was justified by the absence of systematic care observation for the prevention and treatment of dermatitis associated with incontinence in the evaluated patients. Conclusion:the use of the AUFA scale is indicated to identify patients who need to wear diapers, delimiting care with their management and thus preventing complications and worsening of incontinence.

APLICAÇÃO DA ESCALA DE AVALIAÇÃO DO USO DE FRALDAS EM UMA CLÍNICA MÉDICA DE UM HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO

Objetivos:aplicar a escala de avaliação do uso fraldas e absorventes (AUFA) nos pacientes internados na clínica médica; identificar e analisar os resultados dessa aplicação, o perfil sociodemográfico dos pacientes em vogo bem como repercussões à pele relacionadas ao uso de absorventes e fraldas. Método: estudo observacional transversal, descritivo e exploratório, realizado no setor de clínica médica do Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF/UFRJ), no período de novembro de 2019 a fevereiro de 2020, com amostra por conveniência de 46 pacientes. Ocorreu aplicação de ficha para levantamento de dados gerais e, após, a AUFA, que identificou as seguintes variáveis: condições da pele, envelhecimento da pele, capacidade cognitiva, capacidade motora e incontinências. Resultados: todos os 46 pacientes encontravam-se em uso de fralda, sendo metade mulheres e a outra metade homens, em grande maioria composta de idosos e sem diagnóstico de incontinência. Diante da aplicação e análise da AUFA, apenas 18 pacientes (39,14%) tinham indicação para uso de fraldas. Com o uso inadequado da fralda, 27 pacientes apresentaram lesão de pele decorrente de umidade, situação que se justificou pela ausência da observação de cuidados sistematizados para prevenção e tratamento de dermatite associada à incontinência nos pacientes avaliados. Conclusão: indica-se o uso da escala AUFA para identificar os pacientes que necessitam usar fralda, delimitando cuidados com seu manejo e prevenindo, assim, complicações e agravamentos da incontinência.