Evaluation of School Children’s Voiding Problems in Sakarya Region

Aim: Our goal was to determine the types of voiding problems of children%u2019s between 6 and 15 years old in Sakarya region. Material and Method: Totally 3246, 5-16 years old student randomly selected from 8 schools inside province. Students are evaluated in an appropriate room at school with a form pre-prepared in our clinic. Results: The survey shows that 486 of 3246 students (15%) have voiding problems. The prevalance of dysfunctional voiding problems in all children, was 11.2%(365), nocturia prevalence was 8.7% (279), diurnal enuresis was 1% (32). In boys (totally 1573) the prevalance of dysfunctional voiding problems was 9% (145), nocturia prevalence was 11.7%(184), enuresis nocturia prevalence 11.2% (176), diurnal enuresis was 0.5% (8). In girls (totally 1673) the prevalance of dysfunctional voiding problems was 13.4 (223), nocturia prevalence was 6.7% (111), enuresis nocturia prevalence was 6.2% (103), diurnal enuresis prevalance was 1.4% (24). There was no meaningful statistical difference from the perspective of height and body mass index (BMI) between the children with voiding problems and without any problem (p>0.05) . Discussion: The results for enuresis nocturna, nocturia and diurnal enuresis we have got from our study, are similar to ones that have been done in our country before. There is no data for prevalence od dysfunctional voiding study so far. Dysfunctional voiding problems in girls and in children who are in first years of school are more frequent