Table 2. The relationship between the independent variables and I-CAT scores (n=327).

Variables	Total score	Multiple fears	Global question
Age (year)	−0.086	−0.081	−0.047
Gender	0.052	0.018	0.048
Marital status	0.002	−0.001	−0.031
Occupation	0.012	−0.020	0.025
Family residence	0.051	0.025	0.081
Personal monthly income (RMB)†	0.076	0.079	0.009
Education level	0.024	0.020	−0.005
Medical expenses payment method	−0.015	−0.053	−0.016
Residential living arrangements	0.065	0.031	0.024
Duration of carrying out ISC	−0.087	−0.073	−0.119*
Urinary tract infection	0.032	0.046	0.014
Types of catheters	−0.0538**	−0.490**	−0.431**
ISC training	0.861**	0.754**	0.683**
ISC follow-up	0.766**	0.702**	0.620**
Province	−0.506**	−0.465**	−0.656**
InCaSaQ	0.100	0.066	0.057
Packaging	0.147**	0.102	0.089
Lubrication	0.105	0.088	0.049
Catheter itself	0.050	0.025	0.020
After catheterisation	0.012	0.004	0.027
ICDQ	0.341**	0.323**	0.296**
Intensity	0.320**	0.310**	0.284**
Frequency	0.342**	0.317**	0.290**
ISC-Q	−0.551**	−0.500**	−0.444**
Ease of use	−0.288**	−0.324**	−0.264**
Convenience	−0.574**	−0.530**	−0.438**
Privacy	0.068	0.071	0.048
Psychological well-being	−0.774**	−0.697**	−0.625**

*P<0.05; **P<0.01. For categorical independent variables, the relationship with I-CAT scores is analysed using Spearman’s rank correlation. For continuous independent variables, the relationship with I-CAT scores is determined using Pearson’s correlation analysis.

†1 EUR=7.79 RMB.

I-CAT, Intermittent Catheterization Acceptance TestICDQ, Intermittent Catheterization Difficulty Questionnaire; InCaSaQ, Intermittent Catheterization Satisfaction Questionnaire; ISC, intermittent self-catheterization; ISC-Q, Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire