Abstract:
Purpose: To find out the Characteristics 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 47 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 16.0. Results: Forty
seven participants were included as sample. Among them most of the participants
were age range from (42-60) years including male and female. Male (93.6%) are
predominantly higher than female (6.4%). Majority of the participants was Muslim
and very few participants are Hinduism, married person was more affected then
unmarried and their frequent physical symptoms ware nausea and painful urination
(21.3%). 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 characteristics and complication of UTI in SCI patients.
