Abstract
Materials and methods Until now we offered 10 weekend seminars with groups of spina bifida patients (up to 12 patients per weekend, age 9 to 24 years) in suited youth hostels in Cologne and Munster/Germany. The team consisted of an experienced paediatrician, three to five nurses, an educationist, several students and a manager from the ASBH. Times for catheterisation were used for individual advice including the search for the best catheter, training of techniques and abolishing of technical or hygienic failures. Between the catheterisations lessons about neurogenic bladder, urinary tract infections and antimicrobial and anticholinergic drugs informed the patients. Creative playing and social activities (including sailing, bowling, shopping) enhanced the attraction of the courses and improved autonomy.
Highlights
52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
Self-catheterisation is a skill for spina bifida patients, which can be trained in different settings
Our aim was to combine the improvement of catheterisation technique with optimal materials and equipment and learning of the theoretical background with a weekend away from home and the parents
Summary
Improvement of self-catheterisation during weekend courses in youth hostels ("Inko Fit and Fun"). Address: 1Children's Hospital, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Amsterdamer Str. 59, 50735 Cologne, Germany and 2Association for Spina bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBH). Published: 3 February 2009 Cerebrospinal Fluid Research 2009, 6(Suppl 1):S21 doi:10.1186/1743-8454-6-S1-S21. 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here.
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