Examination of the relationship between toilet behaviors and recurrent urinary system infection in women
Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira, cilt.71, sa.12, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 71 Sayı: 12
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.1590/1806-9282.20250836
- Dergi Adı: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE, MEDLINE
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Urinarytract infections, Recurrence, Behavior, Women, Toilet training
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
OBJECTIVE: This research sought to examine the relationship between toilet behaviors and recurrent urinary tract infections in women. METHODS: This descriptive correlational study was conducted with female patients with recurrent urinary tract infections who applied to the urology outpatient clinic of a city hospital in Istanbul between March 2023 and April 2024. Data were collected using the Patient Information Form and Toileting Behavior-Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale. RESULTS: The total mean score of the Toileting Behavior-Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale was found to be 49.79±9.98 in the patients. When the total mean scores of the Toileting Behavior-Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale were examined according to the individual characteristics of the patients, it was found that there was a statistical difference in the mean score of the Toileting Behavior-Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale according to marital status, education level, incontinence status, preferred toilet position inside, and outside the home (p<0.05) and that there was a statistical relationship between age and the mean score of the Toileting Behavior-Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Increasing age had a negative effect on early voiding and straining behaviors, and the presence of incontinence had a negative effect on early voiding and general toilet behavior in women with recurrent urinary tract infections.