Nurse Consultant Physical Health, West London NHS Trust.
Br J Community Nurs. 2024 May 1;29(Sup5):S16-S22. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.Sup5.S16.
When an individual has voiding difficulties, the person may require a urinary catheter. Enabling the person to choose an appropriate method of catheterisation and supporting them can have an enormous impact on the individual's health and wellbeing. Indwelling urethral catheters are suitable for some people but for others they can affect a person's lifestyle and lead to depression. Intermittent catheterisation can work well for some people. Intermittent self-catheterisation has been used to manage urinary retention for over 3500 years. It remains the 'gold standard' in terms of bladder drainage, but it is under-used and indwelling catheters remain more common. This article examines the history of intermittent catheterisation, indications for self-catheterisation and how to support people to use self-catheterisation.
当个人出现排尿困难时，可能需要使用导尿管。使个人能够选择合适的导尿方法，并为其提供支持，可以对个人的健康和福祉产生巨大影响。留置导尿管适用于某些人，但对其他人来说，它们可能会影响个人的生活方式，并导致抑郁。间歇性导尿对某些人来说效果很好。间歇性自我导尿已经用于治疗尿潴留超过 3500 年。它仍然是膀胱引流的“金标准”，但使用不足，留置导尿管仍然更为常见。本文探讨了间歇性导尿的历史、自我导尿的适应证以及如何支持个人使用自我导尿。
