Prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Affecting Factors in Female University Students in Türkiye

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dc.authoridDinc, Ayten/0000-0002-8903-675X
dc.contributor.authorDinc, Ayten
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T21:05:41Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T21:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are common in women, and negatively affect their lives. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of LUTS and its affecting factors in female graduate students in Turkey. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, cross-sectional study consisted of 815 women attending education at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University. Data were; provided sociodemographic characteristics, a questionnaire, and the Bristol Female LUTS Scale. Linear regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors associated with LUTS. Results: According to the data obtained, the prevalence of at least one of the LUTS was determined as 71.8% (515/815). It was determined that the prevalence of storage symptoms was higher than that of voiding and urinary incontinence. According to the results of the linear regression analysis, the risk factors for LUTS in female student were hold urine at school, complaints of urinary incontinence in family, bedwetting in children, constipation, reg-ular drug use, obesity. Conclusion: Consequently, LUTS is a common condition in female students. It is recommended to organize well-attended and repeated training programs for university students on healthy living behaviors, urinary habits, and hygiene.
dc.description.sponsorshipCanakkale Onsekiz Mart University The Scientific Research Coordination Unit [3510]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University The Scientific Research Coordination Unit (Project number 3510, 2022) . The author would like to thank to the specialist Temel Ertugral, who made the statistical evaluations of the data, and to all participants for their cooperation in this study.
dc.identifier.doi10.22037/uj.v20i.7727
dc.identifier.endpage418
dc.identifier.issn1735-1308
dc.identifier.issn1735-546X
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.pmid37990796
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85181395922
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage412
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.22037/uj.v20i.7727
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/27759
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001134650700002
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUrol & Nephrol Res Ctr-Unrc
dc.relation.ispartofUrology Journal
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectlower urinary tract symptoms
dc.subjectfemale university students
dc.titlePrevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Affecting Factors in Female University Students in Türkiye
dc.typeArticle

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