Knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs about urinary tract infections in persons with neurogenic bladder and impacts on interventions to promote person-centered care.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Qualitative study.

Objectives

To explore how knowledge, perceptions, and beliefs about urinary tract infections (UTIs) among persons with neurogenic bladder (NB) may impact health behaviors and provider management and enhance person-centeredness of interventions to improve UTI management.

Setting

Three Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers.

Methods

Adults with NB due to spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) or multiple sclerosis (MS) with UTI diagnoses in the prior year participated in focus groups. Transcripts were coded using deductive codes linked to the Health Belief Model and inductive codes informed by grounded theory.

Results

Twenty-three Veterans (SCI/D, 78%; MS: 18.5%) participated in discussions. Three themes emerged: (1) UTI knowled

SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11175994 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature