"Development and psychometric evaluation of an expanded urinary cathete" by Joby Alex, Caleb Ferguson et al.
Aim: To develop and test the psychometric properties of an expanded catheter self-management scale for patients with in-dwelling urinary catheters. Design: A cross-sectional validation study. Despite the utility of the original 13-item catheter self-management scale, this instrument did not include bowel management, general hygiene and drainage bag care, which are fundamental skills in urinary catheter self-management to prevent common problems resulting in unnecessary hospital presentations. The expanded catheter self-management scale was developed with 10 additional items to comprehensively ...