Enuresis and the effective factors--a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE: Enuresis is widespread and affects the child and the family both psychologically and socially. This research was performed between 1 February and 30 June 1998, in Gemlik district to investigate the effective factors on enuresis among 5-9 year-old children. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A questionnaire containing 31 questions was answered by the mothers during the house visits. Two hundred and seventy-seven cases were determined in a previous study and randomly selected 277 controls were matched according to their ages, gender and residential districts. RESULTS: Younger mothers, mothers with less education and working mothers have more enuretic children. Enuresis is more prevalent within the first children. Odds ratio is 11.1 if his/her mother and/or father has had enuresis. The age of toilet training was earlier among controls than cases. CONCLUSIONS: As enuresis is rather widespread, the parents may consider this as a transient problem and therefore no effort might be given for the solution. Trained health personnel and physicians should enlighten the parents about enuresis in order to eliminate the negative effect on the child.

Family planning choices and some characteristics of coitus interruptus users in Gemlik, Turkey.

The objectives of this study were to gain information about some fertility issues, contraceptive method choices, and the reasons for coitus interruptus (CI) use among married women aged 15-49, in Gemlik, Turkey. One thousand nine hundred ten women were interviewed for this cross-sectional study. The pregnancy rate per woman was 2.9. 716 women (37.5%) had at least one unwanted pregnancy. Of the study population, 79.6% were using a contraceptive method (45.1% were using a modern method, 34.5% a traditional method). CI was the most preferred method (33.7%). Fertility measures of women who had used CI continuously were compared with other women. It was found that most CI users were content with the method.