مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Relationship Between Toilet Training Methods Used by Mothers and Bedwetting in Children the Age of 1-4 Years

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to establish the toilet training methods used by mothers, and to determine the relationship of these methods with daytime wetting and nighttime wetting in children between 1 and 4 years of age. This cross-sectional study was conducted in the city center of Aydın between October 2006 and June 2007. Randomly-selected 357 mothers and their children were enrolled in the study. The likelihoods of daytime wetting (OR=0.275; %95 CI=0.090-0.842) and nighttime wetting (OR=0.391; %95 CI=0.212-0.720) were determined to be lower in the children whose mothers started the toilet training with respect to the developmental characteristics. The likelihoods of daytime wetting (OR=4.626; %95 CI=1.877-11.403) and nighttime wetting (OR=5.362; %95CI=2.588-11.108) were found to be higher in the children whose mothers were using punishment methods. The likelihoods of the daytime wetting (OR=4.290; %95 CI=1.651-11.149) and nighttime wetting (OR=5.109; %95 CI=2.901-8.998) were higher in diapered children. In this study, was demonstrated that might be relationship between the likelihood of daytime and nighttime wetting of the children with methods used by mothers during the toilet training. It is essential that midwives and nurses be aware of the factors effected the child’s successful in toilet training. Midwives and nurses must educate the parents about the symptoms indicated that the child was ready for toilet training, and the appropriate training approaches.