Bladder management of patients with spinal cord injuries sustained in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake

Autor: Deyi Luo, Jin-Long Zhang, Hao Song, Hong Shen, Ming-Fu Ding, Yang Yang, Shou-Juan Zhu, Hanchao Zhang, Zeng-Chun Sun, Yi Dai, Chengqi He
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 28, Iss 11, Pp 613-618 (2012)
ISSN: 2410-8650
1607-551X
DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2012.04.028
Popis: This study’s aim is provide an overview of the patients who suffered spinal cord injury (SCI) after the magnitude 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, including each patient’s demographic and epidemiological characteristics, bladder management status, and quality of life (QOL). We also assessed the relationships between bladder management methods, symptomatic urinary tract infection (SUTI), and QOL. Two years after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, a cross-sectional face-to-face survey was conducted on 180 patients with SCI. A self-administered questionnaire and the WHOQOL-BREF assessment were used to assess injury-related information, bladder management methods, and SUTI. Statistical analysis was performed using the Chi-square test and analysis of variance. A p value
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