Urinary Tract Infactions in Patients with poor bladder emptying and who use 'Intermittent Catetheterisation' to self empty their bladder.

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) in Patients Practicing Intermittent Catheterisation (CIC).

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20778

Enrollment

384

Registered

2013-02-18

Start date

2013-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Urinary Tract Infections Intermittent Cathetherisation Urine retention Urineweg infecties zelfkatheterisatie Urine retentie

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients needing CIC to empty their bladder properly (residu after voiding/retention) or needing CIC to prevent strictures of the urethra.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients younger than 18 years; 2. Patients who are pregnant or get pregnant during the study; 3. Mentally-retarded and demented patients; 4. Patients starting with antibiotics precautionary longer than three days.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The incidence of UTI’s in patients in Martini General Hospital Groningen and intended other (Santeon) hospitals using CIC to empty their bladder.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The impact of an UTI on patients’quality of life and on illness related (economic) costs e.g. direct costs of treatment, amount of hospital visits, hospital recording, loss of productivity etc.	—

Contacts

Public ContactH.J. Mulder

Martini Ziekenhuis Van Swietenplein 1

mulderh@mzh.nl

Outcome results