Intermittent urethral catheterization-descriptive study at a Brazilian service.

Aims And Background: The rehabilitation process of patients with neurogenic bladder involves psychosocial, cultural, political and economic human factors, representing a challenge for patients/caregivers as well as health professionals. This study was aimed at characterizing patients with neurogenic bladder who use intermittent urethral catheterization and were going through rehabilitation at a teaching hospital.

Method: This descriptive study was undertaken in the interior of São Paulo State-Brazil.