TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical and economic consequences of volume- or time-dependent intermittent catheterization in patients with spinal cord lesions and neuropathic bladder
AU - Polliack, T.
AU - Bluvshtein, V.
AU - Philo, O.
AU - Ronen, J.
AU - Gelernter, I.
AU - Luttwak, Z. P.
AU - Hart, J.
AU - Catz, A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Unit of Medical Services, Rehabilitation Department, Israel Ministry of Defense. Diagnostic Ultrasound lent portable ultrasound devices for the study. We thank the nursing staff of the Spinal Rehabilitation Department in Loewenstein Hospital for the extensive assistance to the study.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Study design: Open comparative study. Objective: To compare the impact of volume-dependent intermittent catheterization (VDIC) and time-dependent intermittent catheterization (TDIC) on financial burden and clinical outcomes in patients with spinal cord lesions (SCL). Setting: Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Israel. Method: Economic and clinical outcomes were examined in 13 SCL patients treated with VDIC following bladder volume measurement by a portable ultrasound device (the study group), and in 11 patients treated with TDIC (the control group). Patients were followed for 12-30 days. Costs were calculated according to December 2003 prices at Loewenstein Hospital. The t-test and the Fisher's Exact Test were employed for comparisons between the groups. Results: The number of catheterizations per patient per day, the time required to perform volume measurements and catheterizations, and their total cost, were approximately 44, 49, and 46% lower in the study group than in the control group. SCIMU (representing bladder management functioning) increased during the study in both groups, and the increase was 31% higher in the study group than in the control group. Urinary infection was found in three patients in the control group and in none in the study group. Conclusion: VDIC has economic and probably also clinical advantages over TDIC.
AB - Study design: Open comparative study. Objective: To compare the impact of volume-dependent intermittent catheterization (VDIC) and time-dependent intermittent catheterization (TDIC) on financial burden and clinical outcomes in patients with spinal cord lesions (SCL). Setting: Department of Spinal Rehabilitation, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Israel. Method: Economic and clinical outcomes were examined in 13 SCL patients treated with VDIC following bladder volume measurement by a portable ultrasound device (the study group), and in 11 patients treated with TDIC (the control group). Patients were followed for 12-30 days. Costs were calculated according to December 2003 prices at Loewenstein Hospital. The t-test and the Fisher's Exact Test were employed for comparisons between the groups. Results: The number of catheterizations per patient per day, the time required to perform volume measurements and catheterizations, and their total cost, were approximately 44, 49, and 46% lower in the study group than in the control group. SCIMU (representing bladder management functioning) increased during the study in both groups, and the increase was 31% higher in the study group than in the control group. Urinary infection was found in three patients in the control group and in none in the study group. Conclusion: VDIC has economic and probably also clinical advantages over TDIC.
KW - Economic consequences
KW - Outcomes
KW - Spinal cord lesions
KW - Time-dependent intermittent catheterization
KW - Volume-dependent intermittent catheterization
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.sc.3101751
DO - 10.1038/sj.sc.3101751
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AN - SCOPUS:27144518054
SN - 1362-4393
VL - 43
SP - 615
EP - 619
JO - Spinal Cord
JF - Spinal Cord
IS - 10
ER -