Quality of Life in Adults Impaired Functioning - A Randomized Controlled Trial of Bidet vs Usual Toileting

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Toileting in Adults With Impaired Functional Status, Caregiver Burden for Those Who Care for Adults With Impaired Functional Status, UTI in Adults With Impaired Functional Status

In brief

Our expectations (hypotheses) are: Primary outcome 1. Regular bidet use will improve quality of life around elimination in adults with impaired functional status. Functional status will be measured by activities of daily living (ADL). 2. Regular bidet use by adults with impaired functional status will improve the quality of life around toileting for their caregivers. Secondary 3. Regular bidet use will reduce the incidence, frequency and severity of constipation (as measured by self-report) in adults with impaired functional status. 4. Regular bidet use will reduce the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in adult women with impaired functional status.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02042157

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

28

Starts

2015-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-19

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 95. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sample 1 (adults with impaired functional status):
• Age: 55-95 Sex: Female Ethic background: Reflecting the population at Stanford Hospital and Clinics who meet the inclusion criteria and who agree to participate.
• Sample 2 (caregivers of participants in Sample 1) Adults over the age of 21 caring for an adult with impaired functional status who has enrolled in this randomized controlled trial. Sex and ethnic background will reflect the demographic of the caregivers for the population in Sample 1.

You may not qualify if…

• Participants not meeting the inclusion criteria.
• Additional exclusion criteria:
• Life expectancy less than 2 years
• The inability to read and write English.
• Patients with indwelling urinary (e.g. Foley) catheters
• Use of any water based cleaning system after toileting at home in the past 12 months (bidet, water pot, douche etc).
• Fully incontinent (eg diaper use)
• Moderate to severe cognitive impairment (15 or lower on the MOCA)

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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