A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing Different Methods for Short-Term Bladder Drainage in Patients With Hip Surgery

Region Örebro County1 site in 1 country170 target enrollmentSeptember 2009

Overview

The aim of the project is to evaluate differences between intermittent and indwelling catheterisation in patients with hip surgery.

Specific objectives are to determine whether:

frequencies of urinary tract problems in hospital and up to one year after discharge differ between patient groups treated with intermittent and indwelling catheterisation respectively.
costs and health-effects differ between the patient groups.
experiences of urinary catheterisation differ between the patient groups

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 2009

End Date

June 2012

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

Region Örebro County

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Maria Halleberg Nyman

PhD

Region Örebro County

Nosocomial urinary tract infection

Time Frame: Urine culture will be collected at admission and before discharge from the orthopaedic ward (about 5-10 days after admission)

Health effects during the first year after hip surgery(Before discharge, 4 weeks, 4 months and 1 year after discharge)
Time to normal bladder function(Hours after surgery (participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, about 5-10 days))
Costs for material and labour related to urinary catheterisation and nosocomial UTI during the first year after hip surgery(During time in hospital and up to 1 year after discharge)