Determining The Practices of Paraplegia Patients Concerning The Self Applied Clean Intermittent Catheterization

Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the practices of patients with paraplegia for Clean Intermittent Catheterization (CIC). Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 145 patients with paraplegia who were hospitalized in a physical therapy and rehabilitation hospital, who applied CIC, who were 18 years of age and older, who could use their upper extremities, who were at least literate, and who agreed to participate in the study. In the research, a questionnaire consisting of 39 questions prepared by the researchers in line with the literature was used as a data collection tool. Institutional permission, ethics committee approval and patient consent were obtained before data collection. The data were evaluated by performing count, percentage, mean and standard deviation analyzes. Results: The mean age of the patients was 36.43±13.29 years. CIC application periods are between 3 months and 20 years, and the number of CIC applications in a day is between 1-8. The applications for the pre-procedure, during and post-procedure steps of the patients who applied CIC with paraplegia were determined, and it was concluded that they did not have sufficient knowledge Conclusion: It can be recommended to plan trainings on the steps of the procedure during the hospitalization period for patients who apply CIC with paraplegia.