The demographic (age, sex, education, marital status and occupation) and clinical characteristics (side of the stroke, cause of the stroke, stroke localization and anticholinergic medication use) of the patients were obtained from the patient files and through face-to-face interviews. In addition, patients were questioned on the post-stroke 1st, 3rd, and 6th months in terms of bladder drainage methods (normal spontaneous urination, use of adjunct maneuvers such as crede, valsalva and tapping, presence of overflow, clean intermittent catheterization use, permanent catheter use) after stroke.