Time Burden of Bladder Management in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) is the gold standard for bladder management after spinal cord injury (SCI), many individuals with SCI, for reasons not fully understood, choose alternative bladder management. We hypothesized that CIC is associated with an increased time burden in individuals with SCI.

Objectives

To investigate the time required to perform neurogenic bladder management in individuals with SCI.

Methods

An electronic nonvalidated questionnaire was designed to determine the self-reported time spent performing bladder management. It was sent to participants in the Neurogenic Bladder Research Group SCI Registry, a national quality of life study of individuals with SCI.

Results

Eighty-seven individuals responded to the survey.

SUBMITTER: Velaer KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8370700 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature