Impact of urinary catheters including reusable catheters on quality of life and work productivity in persons with spinal cord lesion.

ABSTRACT: While preventing renal damage and symptomatic urinary tract infection are of paramount importance to persons with a spinal cord lesion (SCL), patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are receiving much more attention than ever before. We performed a cross-sectional internet survey of 282 adult members of SCL patient advocacy groups and investigated, for the first time, the impact of different types of urinary catheter, including a Japanese reusable silicone catheter and a reusable intermittent balloon catheter, on PROs of persons with SCL. Intermittent self-catheterization (ISC) did not surpass continuous indwelling catheterization in terms of a disease-specific urinary quality of life. Urinary incontinence, regular ISC, and performing ISC away from home confronted these individuals. Work producti

SUBMITTER: Sekido N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11487051 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature