Avalia？？o do resultado de um programa educativo dirigido a paraplégicos visando o autocuidado relacionado aos déficits identificados na elimina？？o intestinal

objectives: to evaluate self-care progress of individuals with paraplegia who attended an educational program regarding 16 intestinal elimination self-care deficits, and to determine the influence of the neurological level of the injury and locus of control on the progress of the self-care. methods: a quasi-experimental design was used to conduct the study. the sample consisted of 28 individuals with paraplegia who were assign to usual care group (n = 14) or to the educational program in intestinal elimination self-care deficits group (n-14). nursing interventions were scored "do = 4", "guide = 3", "support = 2", "teach = 1", "independent = 0". results: individuals with paraplegia who attended the educational program had better progress toward self-care than those to the usual care group (p < 0.05). the neurological level of the injury and the locus of control did not influence individuals' progress toward self-care. conclusion: the individuals who attended the educational program progressed satisfactorily toward intestinal elimination self-care actions.