Journal Reviews

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Fear and frustration among women with recurrent UTIs

5 January 2022 | | Functional Urology, Infection | focus groups, frustration, grounded theory, quality of life, urinary tract infections

The risk of a women developing a urinary tract infection in her lifetime is over 50%, approximately 25% of which become recurrent (rUTIs). This study examined the viewpoints of women with rUTIs through six focus groups at a tertiary centre...

Intermittent self-catheterisation

1 January 2016 | | Functional Urology, Infection | intermittent catheterisation, lower urinary tract symptoms, quality of life, urinary tract infection

Intermittent self-catheterisation (ISC) is used in everyday practice for bladder dysfunction. This study from Southampton, UK presents a Cochrane review of different catheter designs, user satisfaction and incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI), etc. The following factors were looked at:...

Screening tool for incontinence: Michigan index

1 September 2015 | | Functional Urology | population, quality of life, receiver operating characteristic curve, screening, sensitivity, specificity, validation

The Michigan incontinence symptom index (MISI) is a validated measure. This study further evaluated its relevance. MISI is a 10-item measure; MISI domain 1-8 and bother domain 9-10. Two hundred and fourteen women were included in the study, with a...

Long-term consequences of posterior urethral valves

1 May 2014 | | Paediatric Urology | Adolescent urology, Bladder dysfunction, Long-term follow-up, Malignancy, Posterior urethral valves, Renal transplant, 15D, HRQoL, LSS, PUV, QoL, Quality of life, RAND, Renal insufficiency, Urinary incontinence, health-related quality of life, life situation survey

These two papers give a very good summary of the long-term effects of posterior urethral valves (PUV) into adulthood and are worth a read. Pereira et al. It is well known that the consequences of posterior urethral valves extend well...

Long-term bladder drainage: blessing or disaster in disguise

1 May 2014 | | Infection | bladder dysfunction, catheter complications, catheterization, long term catheterization, quality of life, urethral indwelling catheters

Chronic bladder dysfunction occurs in many neurologic disorders e.g. multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, etc. Suprapubic catheters (SPC) are inserted every day and every urology department has a pool of ‘difficult’ patients who keep coming back. This paper compares SPCs...