Promoting urinary continence in people suffering a stroke: effectiveness of a complex intervention - a quasi-experimental study

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• Conditions: R32; I64; I63; I61; I60; I62; Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction; Unspecified urinary incontinence; Other nontraumatic intracranial haemorrhage; Cerebral infarction

• Registration Number: DRKS00010558
• Lead Sponsor: Kliniken Valens

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-05-25
• Study Completion: 2019-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

Patient:
-stationary rehabilitation in Kliniken Valens: Rehazentrum Valens and Rheinburg-Klinik Walzenhausen
-diagnosed stroke
-urinary incontinence
-informed consent

Nurses:
-all nurses of the neurological wards in the Kliniken Valens: Rehazentrum Valens and Rheinburg-Klinik Walzenhausen
-informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Patients:
-suprapubic catheter
-pronounced agitation or delirium
-inability reading and speaking German

Nurses:
-none

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome: Urinary continence (stroke survivors)<br>Instrument: Questionnaire (International Consultation on Incontinence Modular Questionnaire - Short Form)<br>Time of measurement: Admission, after each three weeks during the stay, discharge and three months after discharge

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Outcome: Quality of life (stroke survivors)<br>Instrument: Questionnaire (Incontinence Quality of Life Instrument)<br>Time of measurement: Admission, after three weeks of stay, discharge and three months after discharge <br><br>Outcome: self-care ability (stroke survivors)<br>Instrument: Erweiterter Barthel-Index and Selbst-Pflege-Index (SPI) from the ergebnisorientierten Pflege Assessment Acute Care (ePA-AC)<br>Time of measurement: Admission, after each three weeks during the stay and discharge<br><br>Outcome: cost-effectiveness of the intervention<br>Instrument: Form (Unterstützungsbedarf nach Austritt und Zeitaufwand für Inkontinenzpflege)<br>Time of measurement: discharge<br>Instrument: Questionnaire (Verbrauch Inkontinenzvorlagen)<br>Time of measurement: Admission, after each three weeks during the stay, discharge and three months after discharge <br><br>Outcome: Knowledge (nurses)<br>Instrument: Questionnaire<br>Time of measurement: Study start, end of control phase and end of intervention phase