Urologic self-management through intermittent self-catheterization among individuals with spina bifida: A journey to self-efficacy and autonomy. Castillo J, Ostermaier KK, Fremion E, Collier T, Zhu H, Huang GO, Tu D, Castillo H. J Pediatr Rehabil Med. 2017 Dec 11;10(3-4):219-226.
This publication describes the results from an observational survey of a US cohort of 200 individuals with spina bifida. All included subjects had a diagnosis of either myelomeningocele (92.5%) or lipomyelomeningocele (7.5%), utilized catheterization as their bladder management, and were aged 3 years or older. The purpose of the study was to evaluate:
• At what age self-management of intermittent catheterization is possible.
• Which factors are related to independence in intermittent catheterization
