Feature Of Urinary Tract Infection Among Spinal Cord Injured Patient At CRP: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

Purpose: To find out the feature of urinary tract infection among SCI patients at CRP. Objectives: To explore socio demography, for example age, sex, education, and religion of UTI affected spinal cord injured patients, to determine the common associated factors with the development of UTI among SCI patients, to evaluate the frequency of UTI among SCI patients, to identify the physical sign of development of UTI. Methodology: A cross-sectional study design was used to conduct the study. About 61 patients were selected through simple purposive sampling technique from inpatient of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) unit, of Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP), Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The data were collected by using a questionnaire and were analyzed by using SPSS software version 25.0. Results: 60 participants were included as sample. Male (75.0%) are predominantly higher than female (25.0%). Majority of the participants was Muslim (95.10%) and very few participants are Hinduism (4.90%), Married person (66.7%) was more affected then unmarried (31.7%) and Divorced (1.7%). Conclusion: The results of this study provided more insight into the urinary tract infection among spinal cord injured patient. More research is needed to evaluate the Feature and complication of UTI in SCI patients. Key word: UTI, SCI, CRP.