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Collected data included characteristics of patients and catheter use, reasons for urinary catheter use, mortality, length of hospital stay, time to first removal of catheter, catheter remaining in place at discharge, catheter\u2010associated urinary tract infections and complications, change of activities of daily living, and new admission to nursing home after discharge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The use of 418 urinary catheters was observed. Among these patients with a total of 1958 urinary catheter\u2010days, 1035 (52.8%) urinary catheter\u2010days were inappropriate in hospitalized elderly patients. Inappropriate catheter use occurred mostly in women and surgical patients, and was associated with initially inappropriate catheter use and lack of medical documentation. \u201cConvenience of care\u201d was the most common reason for inappropriate catheter use. Inappropriate use was a significant predictor for longer hospital stay, delayed timing of first removal of catheter, increased rate of catheterization in place at discharge, increased incidence of catheter\u2010associated urinary tract infections and catheter\u2010related complications, and decline in activities of daily living.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study highlights a considerable percentage of inappropriate use of urinary catheters and its association with adverse outcomes in hospitalized elderly patients. Efforts to improve quality of documentation by clinicians and to emphasize catheterization education for patients and caregivers are necessary to reduce the incidence of inappropriate urinary catheter use. <jats:bold>Geriatr Gerontol Int 2015; 15: 1235\u20131241.<\/jats:bold><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/ggi.12431","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,11]],"date-time":"2014-12-11T13:38:56Z","timestamp":1418305136000},"page":"1235-1241","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Inappropriate use of urinary catheters among hospitalized elderly patients: Clinician awareness is key"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Fang\u2010Wen","family":"Hu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Allied Health Sciences College of Medicine National Cheng Kung University  Tainan City Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Deng\u2010Chi","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology Department of Internal Medicine National Cheng Kung University  Tainan City Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chi\u2010Chang","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology Department of Internal Medicine National Cheng Kung University  Tainan City Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ching\u2010Huey","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing National Cheng Kung University  Tainan City Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chia\u2010Ming","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology Department of Internal Medicine National Cheng Kung University  Tainan City Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,12,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_7_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jamda.2012.11.002"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2003.08.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2318-6-15"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097\/01.jps.0000205737.68588.d5"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2165\/00002512-200522080-00001"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0196-6553(00)90015-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.7326\/0003-4819-137-2-200207160-00012"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2006.11.007"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ajic.2011.03.032"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.2007.01064.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_12_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Guidelines to prevent catheter\u2010associated urinary tract infection: 1980 to 2010","volume":"41","author":"Conway LJ","year":"2011","journal-title":"Heart Lung"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/651091"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0021-9681(87)90171-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1532-5415.1975.tb00927.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1300\/J018v05n01_09"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0090-4295(02)02243-4"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_18_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1963.03060120024016"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_19_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0196-6553(88)90053-3"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_20_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.juro.2011.12.113"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_21_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1442-2042.2008.02075.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_22_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2307\/1390807"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_23_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.18637\/jss.v015.i02"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_24_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/657935"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_25_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/1471-2490-12-25"},{"key":"e_1_2_7_26_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9343(00)00531-3"}],"container-title":["Geriatrics &amp; 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