Assessing the Knowledge and Self-confidence of Healthcare Workers to Perform Transurethral Catheterization: A Multicenter Survey

NCT05334225 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 10010
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,000
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Rationale: Healthcare professionals regularly perform transurethral catheterization. They may have not sufficient knowledge, experience, and self-confidence about urethral catheterization. This can cause an increased risk of urethral catheterization-related injury and morbidity. With an appropriate training program, we can raise the knowledge and self-confidence of healthcare professionals in performing transurethral catheterization. Primary Objective: To compare knowledge and self-confidence amongst healthcare workers in performing urethral catheterization before and after the proposed urethral catheterization training program. Secondary Objective: To compare the traumatic catheterization rates before and after the proposed urethral catheterization training program. Study design: This study is a prospective multi-center trial using a questionnaire for assessing the healthcare professionals about urethral catheterization knowledge and self-confidence before and after a urethral catheterization training program, where their evaluation is scheduled 6 months after the training. Study population: The study population comprises medical health workers (nurses, paramedics and doctors) from 5 different Medipol Hospitals working at surgical and non-surgical departments. Intervention: An in-person urethral catheterization training program that utilizes training videos (demonstrating procedures, providing examples of ordinary and difficult cases, utilizing animation techniques as well) Main study parameters/endpoints: Primary endpoint is the change in self-reported self-confidence and knowledge in urethral catheterization following the training. The secondary endpoint is the change in complicated/traumatic urethral catheterization following the training. A complicated/traumatic catheterization is defined as a urethral catheterization requiring the intervention of a urologist.

Conditions

Urethral Catheterization; Urethral Catheterization Related Injury; Catheter Complications; Catheter Related Complication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Studying The Reason For Traumatic Catheterization Through Surveys

  Evaluating the reason why traumatic catheterization happens (lack of experience, stress, challenging case, wrong equipment, etc.) through surveys prepared for health care workers that are involved in catheterization process.

  1 year

• Reducing The Traumatic Catheterization Case Number Through The Training and Comparison Surveys

  After the initial survey results, health care workers will go through a special training period for relearning correct catheterization methods. After the training, case numbers will be compared to before the training period and same survey will be distributed again to health care workers to compare their initial and final survey results.

  1 year

Study Arms (1)

Health Workers

Doctors, nurses, paramedics, midwifes

Other: Training Program

Interventions

Training Program OTHER

An in-person urethral catheterization training program that utilizes training videos (demonstrating procedures, providing examples of ordinary and difficult cases, utilizing animation techniques as well)

Health Workers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthcare workers

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Betül Kartal: lead
• Istanbul Medipol University Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Medipol Mega University Hospital

Istanbul, Bağcılar, 34214, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Publications (1)

• Calik G, Bahadir Z, Madendere B, Arikan O, Guzelburc V, Evci E, Cakir SS, Altay B, Laguna P, Kocak M, Albayrak S, Horuz R, Sabuncu K, Boz M, Erkurt B, Alrifaai MA, Al Chaabawi A, Alrais M, Ali IA, Ashour SMS, de la Rosette J. Knowledge and self-confidence of healthcare workers to perform transurethral catheterization: a matter deserving attention! World J Urol. 2025 May 16;43(1):311. doi: 10.1007/s00345-025-05677-3.

  PMID: 40377708 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Özgür Arıkan

  oarikan@medipol.edu.tr

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Gökhan Çalık

CONTACT

+90533 934 38 50; gcalik@medipol.edu.tr

Betül Berşan Kartal

CONTACT

bbkartal@medipol.edu.tr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Coordinator/Specialist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 11, 2022
• First Posted: April 19, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2022
• Study Completion: December 31, 2022
• Last Updated: April 19, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-04

Locations

TU (1)