Improvement in Urine Collection Methods in Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Recording of time elapsed between physician's request for an urine test to be taken until obtained
研究概览
简要总结
The population of children presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) for treatment increases day by day, creating a further burden on the limited nursing staff and where many children and their parents are forced to wait many hours until their medical investigation ends. Part of the many hours waited are for various tests the patient has to undergo, where the urine test is one of the main ones.
Urinary tract infections in children are a common cause of death due to acute and chronic complications alike. Our study aims to test a urine collection method to see whether it reduces parents' and/or nursing staff's involvement and thereby reducing the urine sample's percentage of contamination.
详细描述
The study intends to explore whether on obtaining a pediatric urine sample by using a diaper in an innovative way can shorten the waiting time parents have to endure until an urine sample is perceived, and accordingly, the percentage of contamination in the samples obtained. The innovativeness introduced is that by using an ordinary everyday diaper, which is found in all marketing outlets, and by making a slit in the diaper where the pediatric urine collecting bag can be pulled out and thus allowing parents/care takers to see straight away whether urine has been given and thus cut back on opening and reopening of the diaper.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 1 Month 至 14 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Children incapable of giving urine voluntarily in the Emergency Department
- •Children requiring an urine test
- •Children whose parents have agreed to take part in the research and have signed a consent form
排除标准
- •Children who have an immediate medical condition which requires catheterization
- •Parents who have declined taking part in the research
- •Children who give urine voluntarily
- •Children who do not need an urine test for their continued treatment
结局指标
主要结局
Recording of time elapsed between physician's request for an urine test to be taken until obtained
时间窗: 12 months
次要结局
- Percentage of contamination in urine cultures obtained(12 months)
研究者
waisman yehezkel
Associate Professor, MD
Rabin Medical Center