J Korean Acad Rehabil Med.  2007 Feb;31(1):92-96.

Study on the Changes of Voiding Methods of Patients with SCI after Discharge: Focusing on the Patients Participating in the Regular Urinary Tract Surveillance Program

• Roh DK
• Lee BS
• Kim SK
• Nam KY
• Kim DA
• Kim BS

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To examine how consistently patients with spinal cord injured (SCI) after discharge use the clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). METHOD: The participants were 146 SCI patients hospitalized for regular urinary tract surveillance program, who resided in a community for over one year after discharge. The mean age was 40.3 years old and the mean time after injury was 6.2 years, consisted of 118 males and 28 females, and of 68 tetraplegics and 78 paraplegics.
RESULTS
At discharge, the CIC as a voiding methods was used by 97 patients, Valsalva or reflexic voiding by 43, indwelling catheterization by 3, and diaper voiding by 3. Atfollow-up, CIC was used by 96, Valsalva or reflexic voiding by 37, indwelling catheterization by 7, and diaper voiding by 6. Among 97 patients who used CIC at discharge, 83 consistently used the CIC (compliance=85.5%). The patients with tetraplegia showed 82.9% of compliance while the patients with paraplega showed 88.0% of compliance, but there was no statistical difference.
CONCLUSION
The compliance with the CIC method was comparatively high (85.5%). The CIC method can be effectively applied to the management of neurogenic bladder for the SCI patients residing in a community after discharge.

Keyword

Compliance; Clean intermittent catheterization; Spinal cord injury

MeSH Terms

Catheters, Indwelling
Compliance
Female
Humans
Intermittent Urethral Catheterization
Male
Quadriplegia
Reflex
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Injuries
Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
Urinary Tract*