Document Detail


Urinary Incontinence and Indwelling Urinary Catheters in Acutely Admitted Elderly Patients: Relationship With Mortality, Institutionalization, and Functional Decline.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  23206725     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To study differences in functional status at admission in acutely hospitalized elderly patients with urinary incontinence, a catheter, or without a catheter or incontinence (controls) and to determine whether incontinence or a catheter are independent risk factors for death, institutionalization, or functional decline. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study conducted between 2006 and 2008 with a 12-month follow-up. SETTING: Eleven medical wards of 2 university teaching hospitals and 1 teaching hospital in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Participants included 639 patients who were 65 years and older, acutely hospitalized for more than 48 hours. MEASUREMENTS: Baseline characteristics, functional status, presence of urinary incontinence or catheter, length of hospital stay, mortality, institutionalization, and functional decline during admission and 3 and 12 months after admission were collected. Regression analyses were done to study a possible relationship between incontinence, catheter use, and adverse outcomes at 3 and 12 months. RESULTS: Of all patients, 20.7% presented with incontinence, 23.3% presented with a catheter, and 56.0% were controls. Patients with a catheter scored worst on all baseline characteristics. A catheter was an independent risk factor for mortality at 3 months (odds ratio [OR] = 1.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-2.70), for institutionalization at 12 months (OR = 4.03, 95% CI 1.67-9.75), and for functional decline at 3 (OR = 2.17, 95% CI 1.32-3.54) and 12 months (OR = 3.37, 95% CI 1.81-6.25). Incontinence was an independent risk factor for functional decline at 3 months (OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.11-3.04). CONCLUSION: There is an association between presence of a catheter, urinary incontinence, and development of adverse outcomes in hospitalized older patients.
Authors:
A M Jikke Bootsma; Bianca M Buurman; Suzanne E Geerlings; Sophia E de Rooij
Related Documents :
20471205 - The ectatic aorta: no benefit in surveillance.
11404125 - Endovascular treatment of acute bleeding complications in traumatic aortic rupture and ...
18176525 - 237 acoa aneurysms clipped or embolized. outcomes measurement using the de santis-cese ...
9308595 - Fate of the proximal aortic cuff: implications for endovascular aneurysm repair.
23460335 - Clinical outcomes of mesenchymal stem cell injection with arthroscopic treatment in old...
17382735 - Anastomotic urethroplasty for posttraumatic urethral stricture: previous urethral manip...
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-11-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1538-9375     ISO Abbreviation:  J Am Med Dir Assoc     Publication Date:  2012 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-12-4     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100893243     Medline TA:  J Am Med Dir Assoc     Country:  -    
Other Details:
Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2013 American Medical Directors Association, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Urology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Role of Atypical Pathogens in Nursing Home-Acquired Pneumonia.
Next Document:  Assessing Health Status Differences between Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care and State Medic...