Update 2025-2026
Factors affecting urinary elimination - Answers Age
Nutrition and fluid intake
Body fluid loss
Medications
Diagnostic procedures and surgeries
Physiological and psychsocial
Activity and muscle tone
Pathological conditions
Factors impacting elimination: Age - Answers Decreased ability to concentrate urine
Decreased bladder muscle tone
Decreased bladder contractility
Neuromuscular, degenerative joint problems, thought processes, weakness
Male prostate size increase
Factors influencing elimination: Nutrition and hydration - Answers Dehydration
Fluid overload
Alcohol intake
Caffeine
Carbonated beverages and fruit juice
Foods high in sodium
Factors influencing elimination: body fluid loss - Answers Diarrhea
Vomiting
Diaphoresis
Wound drainage
Burns
, Blood loss
Factors influencing elimination: muscle tone - Answers Abdominal and pelvic floor muscle tone
-immobility
-obesity
-multiple pregnancies
Indwelling catheter
-loss of bladder tone
Factors influencing elimination: pathological - Answers UTI's
Urinary calculi's
CHF
Shock
Hypertension
Diabetes Mellitus
Arthritis
Parkinsons
Degenerative joint disease
Factors influencing elimination: medications - Answers Diuretics
Anticholinergic agents
Tricyclic antidepressants
Antihistamines
Narcotics
Factors influencing elimination: Psychological and psychosocial - Answers Stress
-urgency
-frequency