Material and Methods: A comparative, crossover study was conducted with nursing students. After receiving theoretical training, the participants performed the bladder catheterization with both catheters, the conventional Foley and the T-Control® catheter, on specific mannikins for bladder catheterization. The students assessed both devices by completing an ad hoc satisfaction questionnaire with 33 questions to compare both devices.
Results: T-Control® obtained better scores than the conventional Foley catheter in most individual questions. In the same way, T-Control® was chosen for more than 65% of participants in nine of the eleven statements of the comparative section, all with a positive connotation.
Conclusions: The T-Control® catheter was the best-rated device in both the individual and the comparative questions. Most of the students would choose T-Control® for their future patients. This study has allowed participants to know and practice a technique in nursing work.
Pedro Raúl Castellano-Santana PhD, RN a, Clara Armas-Moreno BSc b, Max Mòdol-Vidal MSc b, Marta Serrano-Muñoz PhD b, José Enrique Hernández-Rodríguez PhD, RN a, Lucía Cilleros-Pino PhD, RN a, Szilvia Endrényi MEc (Master of Economics) b, Manuel Luque-González RN b, Maximino Díaz-Hernández PhD, RN a
- University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, C/ Juan de Quesada, 30, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Las Palmas, Spain
- Rethink Medical (C/ Practicante Ignacio Rodríguez S/N. Edificio Polivalente del Campus Universitario de Tafira, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain