Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics
Demographic and clinical characteristics | Patients (n = 102) |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 44.7 ± 12.4 |
Rang of age (years) | 41–65 |
Gender | |
Male | 31 (30.4%) |
Female | 71 (69.6%) |
Education levels | |
Illiterate | 3 (2.9%) |
Elementary School | 10 (9.8%) |
Middle school | 12 (11.8%) |
High School | 36 (35.3%) |
College or more | 41 (40.2%) |
MS characteristics | |
Duration of MS since diagnosis (years) | 14.1 ± 8.4 |
MS course | |
Relapsing-remitting | 64 (62.8%) |
Primary progressive | 13 (12.7%) |
Secondary progressive | 19 (18.6%) |
Missing | 6 (5.9%) |
Patients Mobility | |
Fully ambulatory | 73 (71.6%) |
Limited walking without aid | 21 (20.6%) |
Walking with aid | 6 (5.9%) |
Wheelchair | 2 (1.9%) |
Help needed (Assistance with activities of daily living) | |
At home | 19 (18.6%) |
Away from home | 49 (48.1%) |
No need help | 34 (33.3%) |
Urinary symptoms | |
Duration of urinary symptoms (years) | 6.1 ± 5.2 |
Type | |
Storage | 26 (25.5%) |
Voiding | 15 (14.7%) |
Storage + voiding | 61 (59.8%) |
Manner of bladder emptying | |
Normal voiding | 61 (59.8%) |
Intermittent catheterization | 32 (31.4%) |
Indwelling catheter | 9 (8.8%) |