Effect of Voiding Position (Standing in the Shower vs. Sitting) on Post-Void Residual Urine Volume (PVR) After Removal of Urinary Catheter in Women Following Benign Vaginal Gynecologic Surgery

Assuta Ashdod Hospital

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Urinary Retention; Recatheterization; UTI; Pain; Post-void Residual Volume

Treatments: Behavioral: Voiding position - Standing in the shower; Behavioral: Voiding position - Sitting on the toilet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07372547

AAA-0147-25

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if voiding in a standing position in the shower, rather than sitting on a toilet, may reduce pain associated with the act of voiding, thereby facilitating micturition and decreasing both post-void residual volume and the risk of subsequent urinary retention in women that underwent benign vaginal surgeries.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult women (≥18 years old).
• Undergoing benign vaginal gynecologic surgery with indwelling catheter during surgery.
• No bladder injury during surgery.
• Ability and willingness to consent.
• No known neurological or urinary conditions affecting voiding.
• No active urinary tract infection at time of catheter removal.

Exclusion criteria

• Bladder injury during surgery.
• Neurological disease affecting bladder function.
• Active urinary tract infection.
• Inability to void either standing in shower or sitting (depending on randomization).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Voiding position - Standing in the shower

Other group

Description:

After removal of urine catheterization, during first micturation, the patient will stand in the shower with the water on her vulvar area

Treatment:

Behavioral: Voiding position - Standing in the shower

Voiding position - Sitting on the toilet

Other group

Description:

After the removal of urine catheter for the first micturation - the patient will sit on the toilet

Treatment:

Behavioral: Voiding position - Sitting on the toilet