Table 1.
Characteristic table
| Characteristic | Austria (N = 78) |
France (N = 8126) |
Germany (N = 134) |
Switzerland (N = 85) |
p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Age, median (range) | 45.5 | 27–77 | 51 | 31–75 | 55 | 27–80 | 48 | 28–70 | <0.001 |
| Years since working in medical profession, median (range) | 20 | 1–50 | 24 | 5–333 | 27 | 1–50 | 20 | 2–45 | 0.003 |
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Female | 29 | 38.16 | 13 | 10.74 | 25 | 19.23 | 22 | 26.83 | |
| Male | 47 | 61.84 | 108 | 89.26 | 105 | 80.77 | 60 | 73.17 | |
| Medical facility where you are working | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Urological practice | 27 | 35.53 | 54 | 44.63 | 111 | 85.38 | 37 | 45.12 | |
| District hospital | 23 | 30.26 | 38 | 31.4 | 2 | 1.54 | 9 | 10.98 | |
| Cantonal hospital | 12 | 15.79 | 8 | 6.61 | 6 | 4.62 | 21 | 25.61 | |
| University hospital | 12 | 15.79 | 20 | 16.53 | 9 | 6.92 | 8 | 9.76 | |
| Rehabilitation hospital | 2 | 2.63 | 4 | 4.88 | |||||
| Others | 1 | 0.83 | 2 | 1.54 | 3 | 3.66 | |||
| Do you look after patients who are permanently supplied with a urinary catheter? | <0.001 | ||||||||
| No | 1 | 0.77 | |||||||
| Rarely | 13 | 10.74 | 1 | 1.22 | |||||
| Yes | 2 | 2.63 | 9 | 7.44 | 2 | 1.54 | |||
| Yes and I change transurethral | 4 | 5.26 | 12 | 9.92 | |||||
| Yes and I change suprapubic | 1 | 1.32 | 2 | 1.65 | 1 | 0.77 | |||
| Yes and I change both | 69 | 90.79 | 85 | 70.25 | 126 | 96.92 | 81 | 98.78 | |
| At what interval do you usually perform catheter changes in asymptomatic patients? | <0.001 | ||||||||
| <2 wk | 1 | 0.78 | 1 | 1.22 | |||||
| 2–4 wk | 7 | 9.21 | 8 | 6.61 | 14 | 10.85 | 2 | 2.44 | |
| 1–2 mo | 65 | 85.53 | 84 | 69.42 | 108 | 83.72 | 41 | 50 | |
| 2–3 mo | 3 | 3.95 | 22 | 18.18 | 6 | 4.65 | 38 | 46.34 | |
| >3 mo | 1 | 1.32 | 2 | 1.65 | |||||
| Only if needed | 5 | 4.13 | |||||||
| During the past 12 mo, how many patients with transurethral and/or suprapubic catheters did you see on average per week for catheter-related concerns? | <0.001 | ||||||||
| <1 | 6 | 7.89 | 54 | 44.63 | 5 | 3.88 | 10 | 12.2 | |
| 1–5 | 32 | 42.11 | 52 | 42.98 | 32 | 24.81 | 34 | 41.46 | |
| 5–10 | 24 | 31.58 | 10 | 8.26 | 43 | 33.33 | 28 | 34.15 | |
| 11–25 | 9 | 11.84 | 4 | 3.31 | 33 | 25.58 | 9 | 10.98 | |
| 26–50 | 5 | 6.58 | 1 | 0.83 | 13 | 10.08 | |||
| >50 | 3 | 2.33 | 1 | 1.22 | |||||
| If you estimate, how often do you diagnose a UTI in a catheterized patient per year? | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Fewer than once | 6 | 8.11 | 9 | 7.69 | 14 | 11.11 | 14 | 18.18 | |
| Once per year | 17 | 22.97 | 12 | 10.26 | 26 | 20.63 | 22 | 28.57 | |
| 2–3 times per year | 21 | 28.38 | 24 | 20.51 | 44 | 34.92 | 19 | 24.68 | |
| 4–5 times per year | 7 | 9.46 | 18 | 15.38 | 14 | 11.11 | 2 | 2.6 | |
| >5 times per year | 23 | 31.08 | 54 | 46.15 | 28 | 22.22 | 20 | 25.97 | |
| Do you feel competent in managing catheters and recurrent urinary tract infections in catheterized patients? | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Rather no | 2 | 2.13 | 2 | 1.65 | |||||
| Rather yes | 15 | 21.74 | 59 | 62.77 | 27 | 22.31 | 24 | 32.88 | |
| Yes | 54 | 78.26 | 33 | 35.11 | 92 | 76.03 | 49 | 67.12 | |
UTI = urinary tract infection.
Fully answered questionnaires: 84.4%.