Abstract

Objective: Functional daytime incontinence is one of the common urological problems in children. Its etiology is multifactorial and environmental factors and emotional events increase the frequency of incontinence.The objective of this study is to compare the frequency of functional daytime incontinence among Syrian children who were exposed to stressful experiences and Turkish pirmary school children.

Method: In study, the sociodemographic data of children between the ages of 6 and 10 who came to pediatric surgery and child health clinics of our hospital between September 2017 and August 2019 were analyzed. A total of 332 Syrian and 341 Turkish children were included in the study. Data collection forms consisting of three sections were created. In the first section, age, gender, height, weight, maternal education level, functional constipation were evaluated. In the second section the depression scale for children was used to evaluate the psychological state of children. In the third section, lower urinary tract symptoms and presence of incontinence in the family were questioned. Families were contacted by phone by two nurses, and one translator independent of the study and data collection forms were filled.

Results: The frequency of functional daytime incontinence in Syrian and Turkish children were 6.6% and 5.2% respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the Syrian and Turkish children in terms of functinal daytime incontinence (p>0.05). Statistically significant differences were not detected among daytime incontinence gender, scores of depression scale for children, body mass index, maternal education level (p>0.05). Statistically significant differences were found among functional daytime incontinence and positive family hisftory, enuresis nocturna, and functional constipation (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Syrian migrant and Turkish children showed no differences in terms of the frequency of functional daytime incontinence.

Cite as: Asena M, Öztaş T. Diyarbakır’da yaşayan Suriyeli ve Türkiyeli çocuklarda fonksiyonel gündüz inkontinans sıklığının karşılaştırılması. Çoc. Cer. Derg. 2021;35(2):49-55.