Intermittent catheterisation : individuals’ rights, accessibility, and environmental concerns
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Krassioukov, Andrei
Wyndaele, Michel
Walter, Matthias
Keppenne, Veronique
Welk, Blayne
Vrijens, Desiree
Theron, Francois
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Intermittent catheterisation (IC) is the mainstay for bladder management in individuals living with neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD), but many are not receiving the best evidence-based standard of IC care available. To garner opinion on individuals’ rights to access IC (including the best available care), representatives from disability organisations (Spinal Cord Injury [SCI] British Columbia, and SCI Ontario, QuadPara Association of South Africa [QASA], and Spina bifida en hydrocephalus [SBH] Nederland) and multidisciplinary experts from the global medical community came together for a ‘meeting of minds’; the aim was to discuss how to improve the lives of individuals living with NLUTD. This article summarises their combined opinion.
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Data sharing not applicable as no datasets were generated and/or analysed for this study.
Keywords
Intermittent catheterisation, Neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction (NLUTD), Quality of life (QoL), SDG-03: Good health and well-being
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being
Citation
Krassioukov, A., Wyndaele, M., Walter, M. et al. Intermittent catheterisation: individuals’ rights, accessibility, and environmental concerns. Spinal Cord Series and Cases 10, 39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-024-00651-4.