Citation
Naicker, Amaramalar Selvi and Syed Waseem Ahmad, Sharifah Roohi and Naicker, Manimalar Selvi and O, Zaleha
(2008)
Bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury.
Medical Journal of Malaysia, 63 (2).
pp. 104-108.
ISSN 0300-5283
Abstract
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, approximately half refrained from outings even though 90.3% of them carried out bowel evacuation before going out. Attention to bowel education is necessary to improve social continence.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Publisher: | Malaysian Medical Association |
| Keywords: | Bowel care programme; Bowel dysfunction; Incontinence; QOL; Spinal cord injury |
| Depositing User: | Raja Norazlinda Raja Azenam |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2014 08:14 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Aug 2017 06:17 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13449 |
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