Adele Long

Aims This two phase study aimed to explore health care professionals’ teaching and prescribing practice related to intermittent catheterisation and to identify their perceptions about the possible implementation of a mixed (single and multi-use) package for intermittent catheterization. Introduction Single-use intermittent catheters are the norm i...

In this section, nurses who have worked in countries such as Tanzania, Sierra Leone and Nepal share their experiences and photos of nursing in environments vastly different to those they are used to.

Purpose: We evaluated the performance of prototype underwear designed to detect urine leakage from continence pads, their acceptability to users, and their effect on health-related quality of life and psychosocial factors. Design: Prototype product evaluation. Subjects and setting: Participants were 81 women with an average age of 67 years (ra...

Long-term indwelling catheterisation may affect health related quality of life, but clinical assessment and monitoring of people with indwelling catheters is poorly recorded because there are no validated measures to capture these criteria. In this paper, we describe the development of the ICIQ-Long Term Catheter quality of life (ICIQ-LTCqol), one...

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of long-term catheter users within a heterogeneous population. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS: The sample comprised 27 community-dwelling long-term catheter users. Participants included 14 female users (4 urethral, 10 suprapubic catheter) and 13 male users (6 urethral, 7 suprapubic) between...

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of long-term catheter users within a heterogeneous population. Subjects and settings: The sample comprised 27 community-dwelling long-term catheter users. Participants included 14 female users (4 urethral, 10 suprapubic catheter) and 13 male users (6 urethral, 7 suprapubic) betwee...

Fully understanding stakeholder needs is important. For each project the participants, methods and timing of involvement should be considered (Vink et al 2008). Methods of engaging stakeholders and users are numerous, but case study examples demonstrating consultation in practice for incontinence product development are not frequently reported. The...

Background: Involving patients in decision making about their care requires expert knowledge and understanding of patients' perspectives. Knowledge comes from several sources and experience; however, the self-testing of products by health professionals who teach clean intermittent self-catheterisation (CISC) has not been investigated. Aim: This...

Objective To test the performance and acceptability of an early warning sensor to predict encrustation and blockage of long-term indwelling urinary catheters.Patients and Methods In all, 17 long-term indwelling catheter users, 15 ‘blockers’ and two ‘non-blockers’ (controls) were recruited; 11 participants were followed prospectively until catheter...

BACKGROUND: Current outcome measures for continence management devices do not adequately address psychosocial impact. The PIADS is an assessment tool that has been shown to reliably predict the adoption and use of assistive technology devices, but it is not widely used for continence devices.

Older adults are more susceptible to water imbalance and ensuring they drink sufficiently is a complex and challenging issue for nurses. The factors that promote adequate hydration and the barriers which prevent older people from drinking are not well understood. This study aimed to understand the complexity of issues associated with the hydration...

A good idea does not inevitably lead to successful innovation; it needs additional "drivers" and coherent activity of a specialized team. The initial idea needs proof-of-concept and prototype testing. Alongside, market review must anticipate future need and competitors, and ensure that no current patents are infringed. The likelihood that reimburse...

Continence problems are extremely common in the adult population and prevalence increases with age. Urinary system function can decline with age and concomitant diseases (congestive heart failure, Parkinson's Alzheimer's etc) and mobility problems are more prevalent. Any limitation in mobility is likely to cause difficulties with continence simply...

To investigate the effect of a hydrogel coating on the dynamics of bacterial growth in laboratory models of the catheterized bladder. Infection of the urinary tract by Proteus mirabilis can result in catheter blockage by crystalline biofilm, a common complication in patients undergoing long-term bladder catheterization. Two series of catheters were...

Some of the sensory abnormalities that follow peripheral nerve injury may result from the development of ectopic discharge from the damaged axons. Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that, following tight ligation of the inferior alveolar nerve (IAN), there is a close association between the time-course of this neural activity and the acc...

Injury to branches of the trigeminal nerve can sometimes result in persistent dysaesthesia. In an attempt to understand the aetiology of this condition we are currently investigating changes which occur at the injury site. In the present study we have examined the expression of seven neuropeptides, all of which have been implicated in nociceptive t...

Using light microscopy, the numbers of myelinated axons in the periodontal ligament of the cat mandibular canine were counted after orthodontic forces had been applied for either 3 days or 12 weeks, and also 8 weeks after removal of a force that had been applied for the previous 12 weeks. After 3 days no significant changes in axon number were reco...

The periodontal ligament is richly innervated with mechanosensitive afferent nerve fibers, and the location of the mechanoreceptive terminals within the ligament is of functional significance. In this study, we have obtained quantitative information on mechanoreceptor distribution in the lower canine teeth of the cat. Using light microscopy, we qua...

Theperiodontal ligament isrichly innervated withmechanosensitive afferent nervefibers, andthe location ofthemechanoreceptive terminals within the ligament isoffunctional significance. Inthis study, wehave obtained quantitative information onmechanoreceptor distribution inthelower canine teeth ofthecat. Usinglight microscopy, wequantified thenumbero...