Effectiveness Analysis of Two Incontinence Care Plans Based on Guidelines for Elderly COVID-19 Patients with Incontinence

Background The elderly are at high risk for COVID-19 and incontinence, as well as a vulnerable population for incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). There has been a continuous exploration of how to provide good incontinence care to improve the effectiveness of preventing and treating IAD. Objective To investigate the effectiveness of two incontinence care plans based on guidelines for elderly COVID-19 patients with incontinence, in order to provide a reference basis for good incontinence care and prevention of IAD in such patients. Methods Using an exploratory intervention study design, 60 eligible patients with COVID-19 were selected as the study subjects from the surgical and internal medicine departments of Eastern Theater General Hospital, PLA, Daping Hospital, Amy Medical University, PLA, and Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University from December 26, 2022 to March 30, 2023. The study subjects were nonrandomly divided into the intervention group and control group, with 30 patients from the Eas