Patient Satisfaction Study: Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterization Teaching

University of Pittsburgh

Status

Completed

Conditions

Anxiety

Treatments

Other: Educational video

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00678444

PRO07070018

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare patient satisfaction and anxiety scores between female subjects undergoing urinary incontinence and/or pelvic reconstructive surgery who are instructed preoperatively in the technique of clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC) by means of an instructional video and those who do not receive specific preoperative instruction in CISC, other than basic informed consent regarding risks of postoperative urinary retention.

Enrollment

199 patients

Sex

Female

Ages

18 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Enrollment will be offered to all women undergoing pelvic reconstructive and/or urinary incontinence surgery by the DIvision of Urogynecology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Magee Womens Hospital.

Exclusion criteria

Subjects who have performed CISC in the past will be excluded.
Subjects whose score on the MMSE reflects dementia (<24) will be excluded.
Subjects anticipated to have placement of a suprapubic catheter placement at the time of surgery will be excluded.
Subjects deemed by the enrolling physician to be incapable of physically performing self-catheterization will be excluded.