Summary information

Study title

Experiences of Life with Adult Incontinence Pads 2020-2021

Creator

Vaittinen, Tiina (Tampere University) - 0000-0002-8349-1487

Study number / PID

FSD3619 (FSD)

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3619 (URN)

10.60686/t-fsd3619 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Individual datasets

Individual datasets that do not belong to any series.

Abstract

The data consists of writings in which respondents describe their experiences of using incontinence guards, or adult incontinence pads. Respondents' experiences of using incontinence guards relate either to their own use or to helping others. In the writing call respondents were asked to write an autobiographical story or stories about their experiences of using adult incontinenc pads. The respondents were asked to write a story about their life with adult pads from the perspective they wanted. Respondents could write a story about one event, one day, or describe a longer period of time. Respondents were given a number of help questions to facilitate their writing. These included questions about the challenges of using adult incontinence pads and any innovative solutions the respondent may have developed to make everyday life with pads smoother. In addition, the help questions asked about the possible impact of adult incontinence pad use on work, hobbies, relationships or personal finances, for example. It was also asked whether the respondents felt they had received enough support and information about incontinence management and related treatments. The background information asked included age, gender. The data were organised into an easy to use HTML version at FSD.

Methodology

Data collection period

22/09/2020 - 31/12/2021

Country

Finland

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

All people aged 18 and over who either wear adult incontinence pads themselves, or assist others to do so.

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Availability

Kind of data

Qualitative

Data collection mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries: Web-based

Funding information

Funder

Research Council of Finland|Academy of Finland

Grant number

321972

Funder

Koneen Säätiö

Access

Publisher

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2025

Terms of data access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Related publications

Not available