Effect of the Amount of Hours Spent Studying on the Prevalence of Overactive Bladder in College Women.

OBJECTIVES: We conducted a questionnaire survey to access whether the amount of hours spent studying has an effect on the prevalence of OAB in college women. METHODS: A total of 126 (63%; mean: 23.2 years) of 200 women participants completed the questionnaire. They were divided into two groups: group A (weekly studying hour >40 h) consisted of medical female students and group B (weekly studying hour <25 h) consisted of French literature woman students. The factors related to OAB were analyzed by the chi-squared test. RESULTS: Of 126 respondents, the prevalence of OAB was prevalent in 38 (30.2%) women. There was significant difference in prevalence between the two groups: 7.0% for group A and 42.2% for group B. In group B, OAB prevalence was 66.7% for ≤2 h, 41.2% for 2-≤4 h, 46.5% for 4-≤6 h, and >6 h was 23.5%. This survey showed that there is no relationship between the amount of hours spent studying and OAB. CONCLUSION: Although the amount of hours spent studying had no association with OAB in college women, OAB prevalence showed a decreasing pattern as the quantity of studying hour increases. Consequently, it is thought that the attitude toward study has more association with OAB than the quantity of studying hours.