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Intermittent urinary catheterization
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most important complication of patients using intermittent urinary catheterization but also other complications can impact patients' overall health and their quality of life.[2,3]
The emotional and practical burden of intermittent catheterization and UTIs is considerable in the patients’ lives.[3] UTIs account for about 23 to 63 percent of the total lifetime costs for spinal cord injury patients practicing intermittent catheterization.[4] Very important are good education of all involved in IC, good patient compliance, the use of proper material and the application of a good catheterization technique.[2]
UTIs related to intermittent catheterization can have negative consequences such as:
Recurrent urinary tract infections often lead to repeated use of antibiotics and thus can accelerate the development of antibiotic resistance and persistance.[5]
It is therefore very important to reduce the risks of UTIs in patients as much as possible.
Real-World Evidence
We funded the first Real-World Evidence of intermittent catheterization to compare the effects of pre-lubricated and hydrophilic catheters on the incidence of symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infections (ssUTIs).[6]
A patient database compiled by a representative panel of 1,950 general practitioners and 2,950,381 active patients in the UK was used for this longitudinal, observational study. This database considered 5,296 people using catheters.
Most importantly, the study showed significant results indicating a lower incidence of ssUTIs when pre-lubricated catheters were used:[6]
Professor Chapple (Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Department of Urology, Sheffield, United Kingdom), Professor Chartier Kastler (Sorbonne University, Department of Urology, Paris, France) and Professor Schurch (Vaudois University Hospital of Lausanne, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne, Switzerland) participated in and supported this study which was accepted by three different congresses:
Real-World Evidence (RWE) and randomized control trial (RCT) data are considered mutually complementary and a most powerful resource in evidence-based medicine.
[1] Öztürk R, Murt A. Epidemiology of urological infections: a global burden. World J Urol. 2020 Nov;38(11):2669-2679. doi: 10.1007/s00345-019-03071-4. Epub 2020 Jan 10. PMID: 31925549.
[2] Wyndaele JJ. Complications of intermittent catheterization: their prevention and treatment. Spinal Cord. 2002 Oct;40(10):536-41. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101348. PMID: 12235537
[3] Fumincelli L, Mazzo A, Martins JCA, Henriques FMD, Cardoso D, Rodrigues MA. Quality of Life of Intermittent Urinary Catheterization Users and Their Caregivers: A Scoping Review. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2017 Aug;14(4):324-333. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12231. PMID: 28742287.7.
[4] Rognoni C, Tarricone R. Healthcare resource consumption for intermittent urinary catheterisation: cost-effectiveness of hydrophilic catheters and budget impact analyses. BMJ Open. 2017 Jan 17;7(1):e012360. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012360. PMID: 28096251; PMCID: PMC5253566.
[5] Huemer M, Mairpady Shambat S, Brugger SD, Zinkernagel AS. Antibiotic resistance and persistence-Implications for human health and treatment perspectives. EMBO Rep. 2020 Dec 3;21(12):e51034. doi: 10.15252/embr.202051034. Epub 2020 Dec 8. PMID: 33400359; PMCID: PMC7726816.
[6] Chartier-Kastler E, Chapple C, Schurch B, Saad M. A Real-world data analysis of intermittent catheterization, showing the impact of prelubricated versus hydrophilic catheter use on the occurrence of symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infections. Eur Urol Open Sci. 2022 Mar 4;38:79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.euros.2022.02.008. PMID: 35495281; PMCID: PMC9051966.
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