Clinical Background of Patients Treated with Clean Intermittent Catheterization in Norway

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Abstract
This study reports on the use of clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) in Norway in 1988/89. A total of 407 adult out-patients was studied. CIC was used in all age-groups and equally in both sex. The patients were divided into five diagnostic groups. There were twice as many patients suffering from neurogenic diseases as non-neurogenic ones. A neurourological index was constructed based on neurological examination and urodynamic data giving a good differentiation and expression of the bladder affection. It appeared that CIC could be performed even by highly disabled persons. A statistically significant correlation was found between the neuro-urological results in patients with decompensated bladder and their over all disability.