Influence of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction on Functional Status among Ambulant Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study

Background: Stroke is one of the diseases affecting the nervous system which controls the lowerurinary tract. Lower urinary tract dysfunction is a broad term of subjective urinary tract symptomsand may vary according to the course of disease. The presence of Lower urinary tract dysfunction is anegative prognostic indicator for a variety of health and rehabilitation outcomes across the spectrumof care. This study was carried out to find whether severity of lower urinary tract dysfunction has aninfluence on functional status among ambulant stroke survivors.Methodology: 20 ambulant stroke survivors with the mean age of 68.55±8.02 were evaluated usingCore Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Score to assess the severity of lower urinary tract dysfunction andBarthel Index to assess the functional status.Conclusion: This pilot study found weak negative correlation (r=-0.26) between Core lower urinarytract symptom score and functional status; however it was found to be statistically non-significant(p>0.05).