RT Journal Article T1 Quality of Life and Autonomy in Patients with Intermittent Bladder Catheterization Trained by Specialized Nurses. A1 Blanc, Blanca Fernandez-Lasquetty A1 Rodríguez-Almagro, Julián A1 Lorenzo-García, Carlos A1 Alcaraz-Zomeño, Elena A1 Fernandez-Llorente, Guadalupe A1 Baixauli-Puig, Montserrat A1 Martín-Bermejo, María Victoria A1 Estudillo-González, Francisco A1 Ortega-Checa, Maria Angustias A1 Lluesma-Martinez, Vicenta A1 Ferrández-Franco, Guillermina A1 Benito-Santos, Begoña A1 Rodríguez-Díaz, Mónica A1 Torres-Bacete, Arancha A1 Guerrero-Andrades, María Carmen A1 Louis-Lauture, Mario Pierre A1 Jiménez-Mayorga, Isabel A1 Serrano-Abielar, Rosario A1 Garrido-Mora, María Asunción A1 Barcia-Barrera, Francisco A1 Asensio-Malo, Gemma A1 Morcillo-Marín, Montserrat A1 Tendero-Ruiz, Silvia A1 Hernández-Martínez, Antonio K1 adherence K1 intermittent bladder catheterization K1 risk factors K1 self-care AB Intermittent bladder catheterization (IBC) involves regular urine draining using a catheter, which is removed immediately after urinary elimination. It allows for the patient's urological health to be managed and their renal function to be preserved, and it promotes autonomy. Compliance with the prescribed number of daily catheterizations, which must be conducted by the patient, and infection prevention measures are crucial. To identify the patients requiring IBC, and to determine their adherence (whether they followed the prescribed guidelines and their difficulty in carrying out the procedure, as well as to assess how the IBC influences their quality of life and state of mind after receiving self-care training from a specialized nurse), we carried out a prospective, multicenter observational study in 24 Spanish hospitals with one month of monitoring and a sample of 99 patients. The sources of information were the patients' clinical records, the King's Health Questionnaire, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS). Descriptive and bivariate statistics were used to analyses the paired data. After recruitment (n = 99), 79 patients completed the questionnaire at a mean age of 35.2 years (SD = 20.5 years). In total, 53.5% (53) of the sample consisted of men and 32.3% (32) had neurological damage as the reason for prescription; 67% (67.7) performed self-catheterization and 86.7% adhered to the IBC. After one month of monitoring, a statistically significant improvement in quality of life was observed in all criteria, with the exception of personal relationships (p SN 2077-0383 YR 2021 FD 2021-08-30 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18504 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18504 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 4, 2025