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Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 16)

From: Factors affecting the transition to adulthood of Korean young adults with spina bifida: a qualitative study

Pseudonym

Gender

Age

(years)

Career

Type of SB

VP Shunt

Method of Bladder Emptying

Method of Bowel Emptying

Incontinence

Ambulatory status

Urinary

Fecal

Alex

Man

21

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

Yes

No

Normal ambulator

Benjamin

Man

19

Job-

seeker

LMMC

Unknown

CIC

Spontaneous

Yes

Yes

Normal ambulator

Charles

Man

25

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

No

No

Normal ambulator

Daniel

Man

23

Student

MMC

Unknown

Spontaneous

Spontaneous

Yes

No

Normal ambulator

Ethan

Man

20

Having a job

MMC

No

CIC

Enema

No

No

Normal ambulator

Fredrick

Man

23

Student

MMC

Yes

CIC

Spontaneous

Yes

Yes

Normal ambulator

Gloria

Woman

19

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Enema

No

Yes

Normal ambulator

Helen

Woman

22

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Enema

No

No

Normal ambulator

Irene

Woman

23

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

No

No

Normal ambulator

Jane

Woman

20

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

No

No

Normal ambulator

Kara

Woman

22

Student

MMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

Yes

Yes

Normal ambulator

Luna

Woman

24

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Spontaneous

No

No

Normal ambulator

Mia

Woman

21

Student

LMMC

No

Spontaneous

Spontaneous

No

No

Normal ambulator

Nora

Woman

26

Job-

seeker

MMC

No

CIC

Enema

Yes

Yes

Normal ambulator

Olga

Woman

25

Job-

seeker

MMC

Yes

Spontaneous

Spontaneous

No

Yes

Normal ambulator

Pamela

Woman

21

Student

LMMC

No

CIC

Stoma

Yes

No

Community ambulator

  1. CIC Clean intermittent catheterization, LMMC Lipomyelomeningocele, MMC Myelomeningocele, SB Spina bifida, VP shunt Ventriculoperitoneal shunt