'We tend to get pad happy': a qualitative study of health practitioners' perspectives on the quality of continence care for older people in hospital.
John PercivalKatharine AbbottTheresa AllainRachel BradleyFiona CrampJenny L DonovanCandy McCabeKyra NeubauerSabi RedwoodNikki CotterillPublished in: BMJ open quality (2021)
Findings help explain the persistence of barriers to providing good quality care for patients aged 65 years and over with incontinence. Resolute continence promotion, in hospitals and throughout the National Health Service, would reduce reliance on products and the accompanying risks of patient dependency and catheter-associated gram-negative bacteraemia. Robust assessment and care planning, open communication and regular continence care training would assist such promotion and also help mitigate resource limitations by developing safer, time-efficient continence care.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- palliative care
- gram negative
- robot assisted
- pain management
- multidrug resistant
- end stage renal disease
- affordable care act
- urinary incontinence
- ejection fraction
- public health
- newly diagnosed
- minimally invasive
- case report
- risk assessment
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- adverse drug
- chronic pain
- social media
- patient reported outcomes