Characteristics of urinary tract infection among spinal cord injured patient at CRP

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.