| Neurogenic bowel management after spinal cord injury: Malaysian experience. | |
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PMID: 23053003 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objectives: To describe the bowel programmes utilized by individuals with spinal cord injury; and to determine the association between the outcome of the bowel programmes and various interventions to facilitate defecation. Study design: A cross-sectional study. Participants: Individuals with spinal cord injury who have neurogenic bowel dysfunction. Methods: Face-to-face interviews were conducted using a self-constructed questionnaire that consisted of: (i) demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants; (ii) interventions to facilitate defecation; (iii) bowel care practices; (iv) outcome of the bowel programme (incidence of incontinence and duration of the evacuation procedure); and (v) participant satisfaction with their bowel programme. Results: The majority (79.2%) of subjects used multiple interventions for bowel care. Duration of the evacuation procedure was more than 60 min in 28.0% of participants. Water intake of more than 2 l/day was associated with longer duration of bowel care. Only 8.0% of participants had at least one episode of incontinence per month. The majority of participants (84.8%) were satisfied with their bowel programme. Conclusion: Patients used multiple interventions to manage their bowels and spent a substantial amount of time performing bowel care. Nevertheless, the incidence of incontinence was low and satisfaction with their bowel programme was high. |
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Julia Patrick Engkasan; Siti Suhaida Sudin |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-11 |
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Title: Journal of rehabilitation medicine : official journal of the UEMS European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Volume: - ISSN: 1651-2081 ISO Abbreviation: J Rehabil Med Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101088169 Medline TA: J Rehabil Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya, 59100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. julia@ummc.edu.my, jpe242696@yahoo.com, juliape@um.edu.my. |
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