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Methods: The National Spinal Cord Injury Database (2016\u20132021) was accessed for persons within five years of injury. The self-reported frequency of UI in the last month (none, daily, weekly, monthly), the number of UTIs requiring antibiotic treatment, and the number of hospitalizations (including reason) in the prior year were evaluated. Results: Our cohort comprised 5106 individuals within 5 years of SCI. Approximately 40% reported UI in the past month and over 50% had a UTI requiring antibiotics in the past year. Incontinence was significantly more frequent in those performing clean intermittent catheterization (CIC) (52% overall, 17% daily) compared to indwelling catheters (29% overall) or volitional void (22% overall) (p &lt; 0.001 for each). Conversely, UTIs were most common in those using indwelling catheters (79% with at least one UTI) or CIC (70%) compared to diapers\/condom catheters (46%) or volitional void (19%) (p &lt; 0.001 for each). Increasing UI and UTI occurrences were both associated with an increased frequency of hospitalization in the prior year. Conclusions: UI and UTIs are common problems after SCI. While differing frequencies of UI and UTI are present based on bladder management, the overall frequency suggests that a continued emphasis on prevention is needed to potentially increase quality of life and decrease hospitalization.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14051434","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,21]],"date-time":"2025-02-21T03:47:46Z","timestamp":1740109666000},"page":"1434","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The Current Epidemiology of Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Tract Infections After Spinal Cord Injury\u2014A Model Systems Spinal Cord Injury Examination (2016\u20132021)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1852-0018","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christopher","family":"Elliott","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128, USA"},{"name":"Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Evgeniy","family":"Kreydin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James","family":"Crew","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9267-025X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kazuko","family":"Shem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA 95128, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"573","DOI":"10.3109\/09638288.2015.1049378","article-title":"Women\u2019s experiences of living with neurogenic bladder and bowel after spinal cord injury: Life controlled by bladder and bowel","volume":"38","author":"Nevedal","year":"2016","journal-title":"Disabil. 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