OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of catheter size 14 French vs 12 French on quality of life of patients using Clean intermittent selfcatheterization.
SUBJECTInclusion criteria patients using CISC for neurogenic (DSD) bladder, hypo contractile bladder.
Exclusion criteria patient with urethral stricture, history of urethral, bladder, or prostate surgery, pediatric patients.
METHODS: It was a comparative, observational, study which comprised of total 40 patients diagnosed with neurogenic bladder (detrusor
sphincter dyssynergia), hypo contractile bladder, out of which 20 patients were given 12french catheter and 20 patients were given 14 French
catheters as per coin randomization method. The patients were assessed for quality of life by using WHO QoL-BREF. T- test was utilised to
compare the mean. p<o.05 was taken to be statistically signicant.
RESULTS: In physical domain the mean score was higher in patients using 12 French catheter (56.01) compared with patients using 14 French
catheter (55.1) but difference was statistically insignicant with p-value (0.688). In Psychological domain the mean score was higher in patients
using 12 French catheters (63.90) compared with patients using 14 French catheters (63.30) with p-value (0.793). In Social relationships domain
the mean score was higher in patients using 14 French catheters (62.20) compared with patients using 12 French catheters (61.55) but difference
was statistically insignicant with p-value (0.855). similarly in the social relationships domain the mean score was higher in patients using 14
French catheter (58.65) compared with patients using 12 French catheter (58.53) with p-value 0.935.
CONCLUSION: Higher score in physical and psychological domain implies less pain, greater treatment compliance and improving the patient's
QoL, but higher score observed in physical and psychological domain was statistically insignicant. Based on above study we concluded that there
was no signicant difference in quality of life of patients using 12 French or 14 French for CISC.