RESULTS
The study was completed with 6957 people. The ages of the children
included in the study are between 10-15 and the average age is 11,9. It
was found that 215 of the children (3.1%) had urinary incontinence
problems. 33 of these children (0.5%) leak urine only during the day,
61 (0.9%) both during the day and at night, and 121 (1.7%) only at
night. Table 1 shows the relationship between the descriptive
characteristics of the child and the problem of urinary incontinence.
There is a relationship between age, school success, the age of starting
toilet training and urinary incontinence problem (p<0.001).
The relationship between the child’s health history and urinary
incontinence problem is evaluated in Table 2. The problem of urinary
incontinence was found at a significantly higher rate in children with a
history of urinary tract infection or constipation, surgery, chronic
disease or psychological disorders (p<0.001).
In our study, 1621 of the children have a history of surgery. 489 of
these are adenoid vegetation surgery. 586 of the children have a
diagnosed chronic disease and the most common diagnosis is asthma
(n=117). The number of children with diagnosed psychological diseases is
104 and the most common diagnosis is attention deficit-hyperactivity
disorder (n=57).
The relationship between some characteristics of the family of the child
and the urinary incontinence problem in the child is given in Table 3. A
relationship was found between income level and urinary incontinence
problem (p<0.001). It was determined that there was no
relationship between the number of children and urinary incontinence
problem (p>0.05).
In Table 4, the relationship between the history of urinary incontinence
of other family members and the presence of urinary incontinence in the
child is given and it was determined that there is a significant
relationship between them (p<0.001).
In our study, it was determined that 120 (56%) of the children with
urinary incontinence problem had not been taken to any health
institution before due to this problem. 13.9% of the children who
applied to health institution but still have urinary incontinence
problem did not continue the recommended treatment, 11.6% continued to
have urinary incontinence despite treatment, in 6.9% the severity of
urinary incontinence decreased with treatment, in 7.4% urinary
incontinence stopped with treatment but started again after a while.
Families were asked if there was any significant change in their lives
that could effect the child before their children started to have
urinary incontinence. 7.9% of the families stated that the sibling of
the child was born, 2.7% stated that they moved to a new house, 3.7%
stated that the parents divorced, 1.8% stated that the child was
hospitalized, 2.3% stated that one of the family members got sick or
was hospitalized and 1.3% stated that the child was effected by war.
In our study it was observed that some families blamed or punished their
children who had urinary incontinence problem. 8.8% of the families
stated the punishment they gave as ”I am angry with my child, I scream”,
5.1% ”I state that I am angry with my body language”, 6% ”I say that
it upsets me”, 4.1% ”I compare them with other children”.