dc.contributor.author | Sørbye, Liv Wergeland | |
dc.contributor.author | Finne-Soveri, Harriet | |
dc.contributor.author | Ljunggren, Gunnar | |
dc.contributor.author | Topinková, Eva | |
dc.contributor.author | Bernabei, Roberto | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-12T12:47:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0002-0729 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/99009 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: to describe possible differences/patterns in the use of indwelling urinary catheters (IUC) in Europe.
Methods: the clients were assessed by using the Resident Assessment Instrument MDS-HC; epidemiological and medical characteristics of clients and service utilisation were recorded.
Results: the sample consisted of 4,010 informants: 74% female, with mean age 82.3 ± 7.3 years; men 80.9 ± 7.5 years and female 82.8 ± 7.3 years. A total of 216 (5.4%) clients were using IUC. In Italy 23% were using a catheter compared with 0% in The Netherlands. Catheter use was more common in men than in women (11.5% versus 3.3%). Use of IUC was significantly correlated to certain diseases and symptoms and increase in care burden and formal services. Twenty-six per cent of the informants with indwelling catheters scored three or more on a hierarchical ADL scale (0–6). The clients using IUC in the Nordic countries were less dependent on care than in the other European countries. Models built on multivariate analysis explained 37% of the use of IUC. Tradition and attitudes may explain the differences between the sites.
Conclusions: catheter use is associated with formal or family care burden. The need for nursing home placement ought to be considered in some cases. A stricter criterion for using IUC may be considered in the southern European countries. | en |
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dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en |
dc.subject | eldre | en |
dc.subject | hjemmetjenester | en |
dc.subject | hjemmesykepleie | en |
dc.subject | urinveiskateter | en |
dc.subject | elderly | en |
dc.subject | home care | en |
dc.subject | indwelling urinary catheter | en |
dc.subject | quality of care | en |
dc.subject | care burden | en |
dc.subject | RAI-HC (Resident Assessment Instrument - Home Care) | en |
dc.subject | vitenskapelig (fagfellevurdert) | |
dc.title | Indwelling catheter use in home care - elderly, aged 65+ in 11 different countries in Europe | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.source.pagenumber | [5 s.] | en |
dc.source.volume | 34 | en |
dc.source.journal | Age and Ageing | en |
dc.source.issue | [kun elektronisk: doi:10.1093/ageing/afi094] | en |