“UroConti” Association, Poland
Celebrations of the World Continence Week:
- First report about the socio-economic costs of urinary incontinence in Poland
- “UroConti” Association’s Second Conference
- Medical consultations with specialists
- Pelvic floor trainings
- Lectures about urinary incontinence for patients
Event dates and location:
- June 18th, 2012, Ministry of Health, Warsaw, Poland (Report)
- June 18th, 2012, Ministry of Health, Warsaw, Poland (Conference)
- June 19th – 20th, 2012, Lublin, Poland (Medical consultations)
- June 19th – 22nd, 2012, Lublin, Lodz, Poland (Pelvic floor trainings)
- June 20 - 21th, 2012, Bydgoszcz, Lublin, Lodz, Poland (Lectures)
Goals and Objectives:
- To publish first report about the socio-economic costs of urinary incontinence in Poland. It’s the first report about UI in this part of Europe
- To draw attention to needs of patients with urinary incontinency problems, e.g. access to new methods of urinary incontinence treatment, reimbursement for the absorbent products
- To allow for free consultations and lectures for patients to broaden their knowledge of the UI;
- To disseminate how important is pelvic floors exercises as one of the way of prevention and treatment;
- Public debate in regards to the situation of people suffering from the urinary incontinence and access to urinary incontinence treatment as well as auxiliary devices supply;
- To introduce the system of long-term care and costs associated with this, especially on people with urinary incontinence in Poland
Discussed Topics:
- Costs of urinary incontinence in Poland;
- Urinary incontinence as social problem in Poland;
- UI Treatment from the specialists perspective – gynecology and urology;
- Postulates of the „UroConti” Association;
- Long-term care costs in Poland;
- Letter to Prime Minister of RP drawing attention to lack of revised governing regulations UI;
- Reimbursement of urinary incontinence treatment and auxiliary devices supply in Poland and Europe;
Event Advertisement:
- Several spot news in the Radio Zet (number of listeners: 6-7 million)
- Several spot news in the radio RMF FM (number of listeners: 8-9 million)
- Medical information portals:
www.ntm.pl (5000 visits)
[www.prawapacjenta.eu][2] (41000 visits)
[www.uroconti.pl][3] (300 visits)
[www.nursing.com.pl][4] (no data)
[www.niepelnosprawni.lublin.pl][5] (4000 visits)
[www.bezrecepty.pgf.com.pl][6] (35000 visits)
Number of Attendees:
Total number of participants 500
Results and Achievements of the conference
Report about UI socio and economic costs.
Published and presented first time in Poland during the UroConti conference – (130 participants), mentioned in the Radio Zet (6-7 million listeners) and in the RMF FM radio (8-9 million listeners);
Conference
- Participants: patients from 8 regions of Poland, medical professionals, representatives of the CPC-ICS, EucoMed, WFIP, Ministry of Health, Patients Right’s Office, Chamber of Commerce “Polmed” and media – 130 persons;
- The conference was publicized by the media:
- Several spot news in the Radio Zet (number of listeners: 6-7 million)
- Several spot news in the radio RMF FM (number of listeners: 8-9 million)
- Medical information portals (over 85 300 visits)
- Totally approximately 16 million people were informed about the WCW and the conference;
Pelvic floors exercises
750 people participated in the pelvic floor training programme run in 8 centers since the previous WCW 2011
Lectures
- Lectures took place in Lodz, Lublin and Bydgoszcz;
- About 170 patients participated in these events.
For more information please see the below:
[WCW Detailed Information ][7]![][8]