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Reliability, validity and sensitivity to change of neurogenic bowel dysfunction score in patients with spinal cord injury.
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- Bowel burdens: a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the relationships between bowel dysfunction and quality of life after spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2024Pooled it
- How Can We Treat If We Do Not Measure: A Systematic Review of Neurogenic Bowel Objective Measures.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
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- Management of Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction in Adults after Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Practice Guideline for Health Care Providers.Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitationGuideline
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- At-home feasibility trial of genital nerve stimulation to modulate neurogenic bowel dysfunction in individuals living with spinal cord injury: a protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Multi-system benefits of non-invasive spinal cord stimulation following cervical spinal cord injury: a case study.Bioelectronic medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing the feasibility of a bowel management program for patients with neurogenic bowel function after spinal cord injury.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of neurogenic bowel dysfunction symptoms on quality of life after a spinal cord injury.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2023Article
- Relationship between neurogenic bowel dysfunction severity and functional status, depression, and quality of life in individuals with spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Neurogenic bowel dysfunction score in spinal cord-injured patients: translation and validation of the Dutch-language NBD score.Spinal cord · 2022Article
- Spinal Cord Perfusion Pressure Correlates with Anal Sphincter Function in a Cohort of Patients with Acute, Severe Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries.Neurocritical care · 2021Article
- Validation of the Monitoring Efficacy of Neurogenic Bowel Treatment on Response (MENTOR) Tool in a Japanese Rehabilitation Setting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- The Monitoring Efficacy of Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction Treatment on Response (MENTOR) in a Non-Hospital Setting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Recommendations for evaluation of neurogenic bladder and bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury and/or disease.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2020Review
- Assessing the ability of the Sacral Autonomic Standards to document bladder and bowel function based upon the Asia Impairment Scale.Spinal cord series and cases · 2019Article
- The neurogenic bowel dysfunction score in patients with spinal cord injury: methodological issues in reliability and validity.Spinal cord · 2018Article
- Validation of the Dutch-Language Version of the Neurogenic Bowel Dysfunction Score in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis.International journal of MS careArticle
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Abstract
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designPsychometrics study.
objectivesThe aim of this study is to investigate the validity, reliability and sensitivity to change of neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) score.
settingDokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
methodsThe study included 42 patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The reliability of NBD score was assessed by test-retest reliability and internal consistency. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was calculated to determine internal consistency. The construct validity was evaluated by exploring correlations between the NBD score and SF-36 scales, patient assessment of impact of NBD on quality of life (QoL) and the physician global assessment (PGA). The Global Rating of Change (GRC) scale was used to assess the change of NBD to investigate the sensitivity of the score to change.
resultsCronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.547. In test-retest reliability analysis, high correlations between total test-retest NBD score and answers of each question were found (r=1.000, P<0.001). NBD score had a strong and significant correlation with PGA (r=0.98, P<0.000) and the impact on QoL (r=0.92, P<0.001). There was a significant negative correlation between NBD score and subscales of SF-36 (P<0.05) except physical functioning, physical role functioning and physical component summary score. There was a significant improvement in NBD scores after treatment (P=0.011). A significant positive correlation was found between GRC scale and change in total NBD score (r=0.821, P=0.007).
conclusionThe Turkish version of the NBD score is a valid and reliable instrument and also sensitive to change in patients with SCI.
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