THE USE OF URETHRAL, CONDOM, AND SUPRAPUBIC CATHETERS IN AGED NURSING-HOME PATIENTS
THE USE OF URETHRAL, CONDOM, AND SUPRAPUBIC CATHETERS IN AGED NURSING-HOME PATIENTS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1990.tb01469.x
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发表时间:
1990-07-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
WARREN, JW
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作者:
HEBEL, JR;WARREN, JW
In this study of 4,259 aged patients in 53 randomly selected nursing homes in Maryland [USA], we found that 10% of women and 15% of men used a urine collection device. Among bedfast patients, 47% of women and 58% of men and, among patients with decubitus ulcers, 37% of women and 33% of men were using a urine collection device. The indwelling urethral catheter was the most commonly used device. Indeed, for women, few other options were available: 93% of women used this device. In women, multiple logistic regression analysis indicated that presence of a decubitus ulcer and occupation of a long-term care bed were the attributes most strongly associated with the use of the urethral catheter. Of men with urine collection devices, 43% were using the urethral catheter; poor mobility status was the characteristic most strongly associated with its use. Long-term urethral catheterization has been well studied and is associated with universal bacteriuria and with a number of complications. Options need to be further explored, particularly external urine collection devices for women. Furthermore, because urethral catheterization may be used as a management technique for decubitus ulcers, prevention of the latter may diminish the use of urethral catheters and their subsequent complications.