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9300968

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Outcomes of bowel management were evaluated in 1993 among 221 British long-term spinal cord injury survivors who were followed-up as part of a longitudinal study of aging with spinal cord injury. Representing a population-based sample followed up by two regional spinal cord injury treatment centres - Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury and the District General Hospital in Southport, England - all had been injured at least 20 years when the study was begun in 1990; all underwent comprehensive assessments and extensive interviewing at their centres in 1990 and 1993. When assessed in 1993, 42% of the entire sample reported constipation, 35% reported gastrointestinal pain, and 27% complained of bowel accidents. Physician examiners diagnosed significantly more hemorrhoids among those using primarily suppositories and enemas to manage their bowels (P < 0.05) and more constipation among persons with paraplegia (P < 0.05) and those using digital stimulation, manual evacuation, or increased abdominal pressure in their bowel programs. Fecal incontinence and diarrhea was diagnosed three times more often in participants with tetraplegia as in other neurological groupings. These and other findings suggest future research needs and directions relative to long-term bowel management for spinal cord injury survivors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1362-4393
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
608-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Bowel management outcomes in individuals with long-term spinal cord injuries.
pubmed:affiliation
Craig Hospital, Englewood, Colorado, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.