Effectiveness of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: With and Without Catheter; All Hospitalized Patients
• Interventions: Procedure: Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program

• Registration Number: NCT01797146
• Lead Sponsor: Siriraj Hospital

Brief Summary

The investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of Catheter Reminder and Evaluation program (CARE) in reducing the duration of catheter use and the number of infection relating to catheter use.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-02
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-22
• Primary Completion: 2013-12
• Study Completion: 2013-12
• Status Verified: 2015-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 2015-11-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 874

Inclusion Criteria

• All hospitalized adults in 6 general medical wards at Siriraj Hospital
• With or Without catheter

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
CARE	Catheter Reminder and Evaluation Program	All patients in the intervention wards will receive the Catheter Reminder and Evaluation (CARE) intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Urinary catheter day	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3 weeks	Total duration of urinary catheter use (day)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
CA-UTI	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 3 weeks	Number of catheter-associated urinary tract infection episode

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Siriraj Hospital; 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand