Spinal Cord Injury, Symptomatic Urinary Tract Infection
Conditions
Keywords
urinary tract infection, spinal cord injury, homeopathy, prevention
Brief summary
recurrent symptomatic urinary tracts infections (UTI) in persons with spinal cord injury are a frequent problem, leading to significant morbidity and to a decreased quality of life. * until today, there is no effective prophylaxis for UTI for patients with spinal cord injury. * homeopathy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in several chronic diseases * study hypothesis: the addition of homeopathic assessment and treatment to a standard prevention strategy for recurrent UTI will significantly reduce the number of symptomatic UTI per year in this group of patients compared to standard prevention alone
Interventions
OTHERindividual homeopathic treatment
participants are diagnosed by a trained homeopath and receive individualized homeopathic treatment in addition to standard UTI prophylaxis
OTHERstandard treatment without homeopathy
participants receive standard UTI prophylaxis
Sponsors
Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* neurogenic bladder dysfunction treated by intermittent catheterization * recurrent (\>3/year) symptomatic urinary tract infections
Exclusion criteria
* inability to speak German * already under homeopathic treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of symptomatic urinary tract infections | one year |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of symptomatic urinary tract infections compared to the previous year | one year |
Countries
Switzerland
Outcome results
None listed