Research Article

Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection following Corticosteroid Therapy in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Exacerbation

Table 2

Pre- and postintervention values for the number of UTIs, EDSS score, and urinary tract symptoms in the two study groups.

ParameterOPT groupControl groupPb
PreinterventionPostinterventionPaPreinterventionPostinterventionPa

Number of UTIs01030. 560

EDSS score (mean ± SD)3.21 ± 1.401.53 ± 1.06≤.0013.28 ± 1.131.67 ± 1.46≤.0010.677

Urinary tract symptoms (%)[12] 42.9%[3] 10.7%0.012[8] 28.6%[8] 28.6%1.000≤.001

UTI: urinary tract infections; EDSS: Expanded Disability Status Scale; OPT: oral prednisone taper; SD: standard deviation. Pa: values between pre- and postintervention in each group; Pb: values after intervention in the two groups.