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Abstract
Background
The impact of bladder care and urinary complications on quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury who have neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction has not been elucidated, especially in those living in low-resource countries.
Methods
This multinational cross-sectional survey was conducted in rehabilitation facilities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Community-dwelling adults with traumatic or nontraumatic spinal cord injury participating in the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey from 2017 to 2018 were enrolled. Data regarding bladder management/care, presence of bladder dysfunction, urinary tract infection, and quality of life score were extracted from the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey questionnaire. The impact of bladder care and urinary complications on quality of life was determined using univariable and multivariable regression analysis.
Results
Questionnaires from 770 adults were recruited for analysis. After adjusting for all demographic and spinal cord injury–related data, secondary conditions, as well as activity and participation factors, urinary tract infection was an independent negative predictive factor of quality of life score (P = 0.007, unstandardized coefficients = −4.563, multivariable linear regression analysis, enter method).
Conclusions
Among bladder care and urinary complication factors, urinary tract infection is the only factor negatively impacting quality of life. These results address the importance of proper bladder management and urinary tract infection prevention in persons with spinal cord injury to improve their quality of life.
The impact of bladder care and urinary complications on quality of life in persons with spinal cord injury who have neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction has not been elucidated, especially in those living in low-resource countries.
Methods
This multinational cross-sectional survey was conducted in rehabilitation facilities in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. Community-dwelling adults with traumatic or nontraumatic spinal cord injury participating in the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey from 2017 to 2018 were enrolled. Data regarding bladder management/care, presence of bladder dysfunction, urinary tract infection, and quality of life score were extracted from the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey questionnaire. The impact of bladder care and urinary complications on quality of life was determined using univariable and multivariable regression analysis.
Results
Questionnaires from 770 adults were recruited for analysis. After adjusting for all demographic and spinal cord injury–related data, secondary conditions, as well as activity and participation factors, urinary tract infection was an independent negative predictive factor of quality of life score (P = 0.007, unstandardized coefficients = −4.563, multivariable linear regression analysis, enter method).
Conclusions
Among bladder care and urinary complication factors, urinary tract infection is the only factor negatively impacting quality of life. These results address the importance of proper bladder management and urinary tract infection prevention in persons with spinal cord injury to improve their quality of life.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 214–221 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation |
| Volume | 102 |
| Early online date | 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2023 |
Funding
This research was funded by the Thai Rehabilitation Medicine Association Research Grant Year 2017.
Keywords
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Neurogenic Bladder
- Intermittent Urethral Catheterization
- Urinary Tract Infection
- Quality of Life
- InSCI
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Pattanakuhar, S. (Principal Investigator)
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