Efficacy and Safety of Oxybuprocaine Hydrochloride Gel in Alleviating Pain during Male Urethral Catheterization: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study participants.
Test group
Control group
p value
Patients
96
96
1.000
Age (years)
61.57 ± 4.95
61.45 ± 5.51
0.869
Indications for catheterization
0.608
Indwelled before surgery (%)
66 (68.8)
64 (66.7)
Urinary retention (%)
10 (10.4)
8 (8.3)
Bladder infusion therapy (%)
20 (20.8)
24 (25.0)
Hypertension
0.801
Yes (%)
8 (8.3)
9 (9.4)
No (%)
88 (91.7)
87 (90.6)
Diabetes
0.639
Yes (%)
9 (9.4)
11 (11.5)
No (%)
87 (90.6)
85 (88.5)
Smoking
0.810
Yes (%)
9 (9.4)
10 (10.4)
No (%)
87 (90.6)
86 (89.6)
History of indwelling or intermittent catheterization
0.600
Yes (%)
19 (19.8)
22 (22.9)
No (%)
77 (80.2)
74 (77.1)
Urinary tract infection
0.536
Yes (%)
15 (15.6)
12 (12.5)
No (%)
81 (84.4)
84 (87.5)
Catheterization method
0.397
Intermittent (%)
20 (20.8)
25 (26.0)
Indwelling (%)
76 (79.2)
71 (74.0)
Significant at . 192 participants were included in this study (96 patients in the test group and 96 patients in the control group). was considered statistically significant.
