Assessment Of Risk Factors Influencing The Development Of Urinary Tract Infections Among Catheterized Patients In University Of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (Umth)

A urinary catheter is an indispensable tool use in patient’s care. The study is a descriptive study aimed at examining the relationship of factors such as sex, age, volume of urine inside drainage bag, and catheter related factors with the development of urinary tract infection and also to determine the organism responsible for urinary tract infection among catheterized patients. 57 patients were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data on the risk factors were collected through observation and review of patient’s case note using self-developed checklists. Quantitative urine culture was also done to detect UTI and a colony count of ≥10cfu/ml of urine was considered significant. All the data were analyzed using frequency distribution and percentages. Chi-square was employed in testing the hypotheses with p value of 0.05. This study documented significant bacterial growth discovered in 45.6% (26) of the patients with urinary catheters in contrast to 54.4% (31) of the patients whose urine culture does not yielded significant growth of organisms and Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the common isolate (84.7%). There was no significant relationship between sex of patient, age of patient or volume of urine inside the drainage bag and development of urinary tract infection among catheterized patients in University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.