Heart Rate Variability and Anxiety During Urinary Bladder Catheterization

Summary

This is a prospective, randomised study investigating the physical and psychological experience of intermittent catheterization in adult individuals following spinal cord injury (SCI).

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
• Anxiety State
• Catheter Complications
• Autonomic Dysreflexia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Self-catheterization

Participants will perform self-catheterization, following the same routine for intermittent catheterization at home

PROCEDURE

Catheterization performed by urology nurse, participant blinded to time of procedure

Participant will undergo procedure to completely empty bladder; Participant in supine position, and resting blood pressure and heart rate will be recorded for period of 5 minutes prior to catheterization; Perineum and genital areas will be draped and they will be not aware about exact timing of catheterization Catheterization will be conducted following standard clinic procedure by experience urology nurse.

PROCEDURE

Catheterization performed by urology nurse, participant aware of time of procedure

Participant will undergo procedure to completely empty bladder; Participant in supine position, and resting BP and HR will be recorded for period of 5 minutes prior to catheterization; Perineum and genital areas will be visible to participant and they will be fully aware about exact timing of catheterization Catheterization will be conducted following standard clinic procedure by experience urology nurse.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• ConvaTec Inc.

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Vancouver Coastal Health

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries

  collaborator OTHER

• University of British Columbia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Andrei Krassioukov, MD,PhD,FRCPC · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-07-15

Primary Completion

2026-04-16

Completion

2026-04-16

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations