Impact of Availability of Showerpatch for Patients With Intravenous Catheters
- Conditions
- Pulmonary HypertensionNeoplasmsCystic Fibrosis
- Interventions
- Device: Shower patch IV catheter protectionDevice: Conventional IV catheter protection
- Registration Number
- NCT02324868
- Lead Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- Brief Summary
Venous catheters are necessary for the treatment of many patients. Showering with a venous catheter is often prohibited due to the infection risk when the insertion site becomes wet. Therefore these patients are challenged to keep the catheter insertion site dry and always covered with a dressing. Washing themselves is often impossible without assistance of a nurse or significant other. For patients with a catheter connected to an infusion line, it is even more difficult. Showerpatch is a newly developed dressing that safeguards the insertion site of an IV catheter from water during bathing activities. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the impact of the availability of Showerpatch by comparing the outcomes in patients regarding the patient's autonomy in bathing activities, the material use and the time needed from caregivers in home care. Additionally qualitative data on patient's bathing activities and the use of Showerpatch will be collected.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
- able to read and speak Dutch and to fill out a web-based questionnaire
- patients with an IV catheter (peripheral catheter, midline, peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC), Central Venous catheter (CVC), tunnelled catheter or implantable port) with an expected dwell time IV therapy of at least 14 days and with or without a prospect of discharge to the home setting with the IV catheter in situ in the foreseen study period
- physically able to wash themselves
- with access to the internet
- Bedridden patients
- Patients who have already participated in an earlier stage of the ISIC study
- Patients with more than one lumen of the catheter continuously connected to an infusion line
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- CROSSOVER
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Shower patch IV catheter protection Shower patch IV catheter protection Newly developed waterproof catheter dressing may be used for bathing activities Conventional IV catheter protection Conventional IV catheter protection No specific dressing will be provided to the patient to protect the catheter entry site during bathing activities.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Self-reported autonomy score regarding bathing activities Weekly until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks autonomy regarding bathing activities will be scored on a newly developed autonomy scale on a weekly basis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time needed from a caregiver Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Time expressed in minutes per week
Laboratory-Confirmed Bloodstream Infection Until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Collected at the end of the study by retrospective analysis of the patient file in case of hospital admission
Catheter dressing status: wet Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Expressed on a 3-point scale from 0 which means not wet to 2 totally wet
Catheter dressing status: loose Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Expressed on a 3-point scale from 0 which means not loose to 2 totally loose
Number and type of bathing activities Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Number and type of bathing activities per week
Material consumption regarding IV entry site care for bathing activities Weekly reported, until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Description of material which was used for catheter dressing protection and/or for the extra dressing change and/or extra securement of the dressing afterwards.
Clinical signs of local infection Before and after bathing activities, reported until catheter removal which is expected on an average after 2 weeks or up to 8 weeks Redness, tenderness, warmth, swelling or pus leakage recorded on a yes/no basis
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University Hospitals Leuven
🇧🇪Leuven, Belgium