Personal and familial factors associated with toilet training
Int. braz. j. urol
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47(1): 169-177, Jan.-Feb. 2021. tab
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose:
Toilet training (TT) is an important marker in a child's physical and psychosocial development. The present study aimed to evaluate aspects associated to delayed TT. Material andMethods:
We interviewed 372 parents of children who had completed TT up to 48 months before the interview. The questionnaires were applied at school exits when parents went to pick their children up and at public parks. Questions included demographics, aspects related to TT, dysfunction voiding symptom score and evaluation of constipation.Results:
The interviews were performed at a mean of 15.3±10.4 (0 to 47) months after the end of TT. Girls accounted for 53% of the sample. The mean age at finishing TT was 31.6±9.3 months and similar in both genders (p=0.77). TT occurred before school entry in 45.7% of the children and medical advice for TT was sought only by 4.8% of the parents. No association was observed of age at completing TT and presence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) (p=0.57) and/or constipation (p=0.98). In the univariate analysis, prematurity (OR=2.7 [95% CI 2.3-3.1], p <0.0001) and mothers who work outside their household (OR=1.8 [95% CI 1.4-2.3], p <0.0001) were associated to delayed TT.Conclusion:
Children completed TT at a mean of 2 years and 7 months of age. The age of completing TT was not related to LUTS and/or constipation. Premature children and those whose mothers work outside the home finish TT later.
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Main subject:
Toilet Training
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Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Int. braz. j. urol
Journal subject:
Urology
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade de Ciências Médicas e da Saúde de Juiz de Fora/BR
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Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana/BR
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Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora/BR
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR
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