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Table 2 Problems associated with prolonged catheter use in all 62 patients

From: The burden of prolonged indwelling catheter after acute urinary retention in Ikeja – Lagos, Nigeria

Problems

Frequency (n/%)

Correlation with QoL (p-value)

Pain

43 (69.4)

0.015, 0.049*

Bleeding

20 (32.3)

0.170, 0.042*

Loss of dignity

23 (37.1)

0.805

No sexual intercourse

23 (37.1)

0.451

Out of work or school

18 (29.0)

0.764

Pericatheter leakage of urine

10 (16.1)

0.567

Recurrent symptomatic UTI

3 (4.8)

0.474

  1. QoL = Quality of life, UTI = urinary tract infection, *BPH patients only