Assessing and teaching female intermittent self-catheterization

Assessing and teaching female intermittent self-catheterization.

Teaching children and young people intermittent self-catheterization.

The need to catheterize through the urethra can begin at any age and stage of development in a child's life and may involve different strategies for teaching. Intermittent self-catheterization, as a self-management technique, can be of benefit both physically and psychologically to children and young people. Educational strategies are available to aid health care providers in teaching children ...

Self-intermittent catheterization in multiple sclerosis.

Clean intermittent self-catheterization (CISC) is considered the method of choice for treating urinary retention as of neurologic origin. Also, in multiple sclerosis (MS) the method is widely applied. Proper application needs sufficient hand function, possibility for proper positioning, sufficient sensation, cognitive function and as always the choice of the optimal material. The overall result...

[Clean intermittent self catheterization in spinal cord injury].

The clean intermittent self catheterization is an effective and safe technique for the treatment and prevention of urinary tract disease that result from spinal cord injuries. Although it has been described as of 1972, there is still resistance from health professionals for its utilization. The present study presents a report about the method used for training and encouraging of the patients to...

Ensuring patient adherence to clean intermittent self-catheterization

Patient performance of clean intermittent self-catheterization is a crucial component of the management of incomplete bladder emptying, which can arise from a variety of conditions. This allows patients to have more control over their bladder emptying, and avoids the inconveniences that come with an indwelling urethral catheter. There are, however, barriers that patients face when performing th...