Outcomes of bowel program in spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction

Outcomes of bowel program in spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction

In this study, we aimed to determine gastrointestinal problems associated with neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients and to assess the efficacy of bowel program on gastrointestinal problems and the severity of neurogenic bowel dysfunction. Fifty-five spinal cord injury patients were included in this study. A bowel program according to the characteristics of neurogenic bowe...

Standardized Bowel Training Benefits Patients with Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury

In order to evaluate the effect of standardized management on spinal cord injury patients with neurogenic bowel dysfunction, 50 cases of spinal cord injury patients from January 2011 to December 2013 were treated with neurogenic bowel intestinal standardized management. The effect was compared to that with routine nursing of 32 spinal cord injury patients from January 2009 to December 2010. Dat...

Bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury.

Bowel Dysfunction is one of the least looked at problems in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). The goals of this study are to understand bowel dysfunction in SCI and its effects on quality of life (QOL). Cross-sectional study based on interview and assessment of 41 clients. A majority of them were dissatisfied. Bowel opening time was long in about 65% while 76.6% were incontinent. Socially, approximatel...

Neurogenic Bowel Management in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury

Neurogenic bowel management after spinal cord injury: Malaysian experience.

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 conduc...