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Shaw et al (2008) stated that there is an assumption that QoL will improve with any given treatment; however, the treatment itself may prove difficult and have a significant impact on people. CISC...
CISC is a common, well-tolerated procedure employed to empty a bladder that is dysfunctional, usually because of neurological or urological voiding issues. The procedure involves passing a catheter...
The aim of this study was to undertake the first IAD point prevalence study across three older adult care settings in Ireland, quantify the size of the problem and benchmark IAD prevalence against...
Upon analysis, three themes were identified that described the women's experience of the UI assessment: a lot of shame and worry related to UI and the assessment; the importance of experiencing a safe...
Figure 2 shows the percentage of nurses (n=43) who evaluated the key performance aspects of the new MoliCare Premium Elastic design as ‘Good’, ‘OK’, or ‘Poor’. More than 80% of the nurses...
In both studies, three absorbent incontinence products were investigated: the elastic slip, the traditional slip, and the belted slip..
In total, 3464 (6%) out of the 55 235 invited individuals performing IC responded to the survey with complete data (Figure 1). The majority were aged 50-79 years (53.2%) and had NLUTD (56.7%); the...
Bladder and bowel dysfunctions can have a huge impact on an individual's quality of life, both practically and psychosocially. A wide variety of products is available to manage continence...
Seen as a low priority in acute care settings (Percival et al, 2021), continence care can easily be misunderstood as being inevitable for patients. However, it is important to remember that...
This improvement programme was deemed exempt from ethics review according to local Trust policy.
The aim of the project led by the harm-free care nurse specialist for UTI and CAUTI prevention (Amy Griffiths) was to implement and promote best practice for UTI and CAUTI and to reduce the number of...
The reliability of the well-used tool of testing urine by microbiology, culture and sensitivity (MC&S) has been in question lately (Malone-Lee, 2021). Kass (1956) never claimed to define a diagnostic...
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