Research Article
Effects of Acupuncture on Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Retention
| Characteristics | Patients (N = 113) |
| Age (years) | 43 (14–84) | Sex | | Male | 6 (5.3%) | Female | 107 (94.7%) | Duration of urinary catheterization (days) | 12 (1–50) | Urinary catheter reinsertion | 109 (96.5%) | Urinary catheter reinsertion times | | ≥1 times | 56 (49.6%) | ≥2 times | 57 (50.4%) | ≥3 times | 19 (16.8%) | ≥5 times | 5 (4.4%) | Catheter-associated urinary tract infection | 27 (23.9%) |
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Data are presented as the number (percentage) or median (range) of patients.
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