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Refugee Status as a Possible Risk Factor for Childhood Enuresis

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  • Marija Jurković

    (Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Department of Pediatrics, Vinkovci General County Hospital, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia)

  • Igor Tomašković

    (Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
    Department of Urology, Sisters of Mercy University Hospital Center, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Mirna Tomašković

    (Special Hospital for Protection of Children with Neurodevelopmental and Motor Disorders, Goljak, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Branka Smital Zore

    (Department of Pediatrics, Vinkovci General County Hospital, 32100 Vinkovci, Croatia)

  • Ivan Pavić

    (Zagreb Children’s Hospital, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Andrea Cvitković Roić

    (Faculty of Medicine, J. J. Strossmayer University, 31000 Osijek, Croatia)

Abstract

This study investigated the influence of refugee status on the occurrence of enuresis. It was performed among school children aged 6 to 11 years and their parents in the Vukovarsko-srijemska County (eastern Croatia), which had many displaced persons and refugees (mostly women and children) in the 1990s due to the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. A specially designed questionnaire (about the child’s age and gender, the child’s enuresis history and that of the parents, and data on parental refugee status in childhood) was completed by one of the parents. Adequate data were collected for 3046 children. The prevalence of enuresis among the studied children was quite low (2.3%) but the prevalence distribution according to gender, the decline by age, and the higher odds ratio for paternal enuresis were in line with the results of other studies. The prevalence of parental enuresis in childhood was higher than their children’s enuresis (mothers: 5.8%, fathers: 3.6%, p < 0.001), and significantly higher among parents who had been refugees (mothers: p = 0.001, fathers: p = 0.04). Parental refugee status had no influence on the children’s enuresis. The results suggest that refugee status is a risk factor for the occurrence of enuresis in childhood.

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  • Marija Jurković & Igor Tomašković & Mirna Tomašković & Branka Smital Zore & Ivan Pavić & Andrea Cvitković Roić, 2019. "Refugee Status as a Possible Risk Factor for Childhood Enuresis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-8, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:7:p:1293-:d:221726
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    1. Christine Happle & Christian Dopfer & Diana Ernst & Evelyn Kleinert & Annabelle Vakilzadeh & Susanne Hellms & Iro Evlampidou & Nele Hillermann & Reinhold E. Schmidt & Georg M. N. Behrens & Frank Mülle, 2019. "Pediatric Healthcare Utilization in a Large Cohort of Refugee Children Entering Western Europe During the Migrant Crisis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-11, November.

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    enuresis; child; prevalence; refugees;
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