Living with a urinary catheter

Credits

Suman Prinjha

Suman Prinjha is an anthropologist and obtained her PhD in 1999 from the London School of Economics. She has been a Senior Researcher for the Health Experience Research Group since 2001. She and Alison Chapple conducted the interviews, did the data analysis and wrote the topic summaries.

Alison Chapple

Alison Chapple is a medical sociologist. She has worked at the University of Oxford since 2000 as a Senior Research Fellow and Research Lecturer until her retirement in 2017. She and Suman Prinjha conducted the interviews, did the data analysis and wrote the topic summaries.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to all those who were interviewed, to those who helped us recruit participants, and to our advisory panel. Thanks to Mair Edwards (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Urology) for her help with recruitment.

Advisory Panel

Miriam Avery
Research Nurse, Continence Technology and Skin Health Group, School of Health Sciences, Southampton General Hospital

Professor Christopher Chapple
Consultant urological surgeon, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Peter Chilcott
Interview participant

Professor Mandy Fader
Reader, Continence Technology and Skin Health Group, School of Health Sciences, Southampton General Hospital

Professor Roger Feneley
Emeritus consultant urologist to the North Bristol NHS Trust

Dr Helen Godfrey
Principal Lecturer, Faculty Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol

Michelle Howard
Interview participant; Vice Chair, Spinal Injury Association

Mr Malcolm Lucas
Consultant urologist, ABM University Local Health Board, Morriston Hospital, Swansea

Joanne Mangnall
Continence Advisor, The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Rotherham Community Health Centre

Gill Turton
Communications Manager, Bladder and Bowel Foundation

Sue Ziebland - Chair
Research Director, Health Experiences Research Group, University of Oxford

Supported by:

This is a summary of independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)’s Research for Patient Benefit Programme (Grant Reference Number PB-PG-0110-19217). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.