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Understanding the link between voiding and UTIs
Infrequent voiding may result in overdistension of the bladder and increase the risk of UTIs (Urinary Tract Infections).1
A survey of Canadian spinal cord injury patients has shown that voiding frequency is inversely related to the number of UTIs. This means that lower the rate of catheterisation, the higher the probability of UTIs, with one daily catheterisation posing the highest risk.2
However, in a study of Paralympic athletes who catheterised 1 to 10 times per day, the frequency of daily catheterisations was not related to the frequency of UTIs.3