Mental health problems, stressful life events and new-onset urinary incontinence in primary school-age children: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Emotional/behaviour problems and exposure to stressful life events are thought to contribute to new onset of urinary incontinence (UI) amongst children who have attained bladder control. However, very few prospective studies have examined these associations. We assessed whether mental health problems and stressful life events were associated with subsequent new onset in UI using multivariable logistic regression in a prospective UK cohort (n = 6408). Mothers provided information on their child's symptoms of common mental disorders (Development and Wellbeing Assessment, 7 years), stressful life events (7-8 years) and wetting (day and night, 9 years). There was strong evidence that separation anxiety symptoms were associated with new-onset UI in the fully adjusted model (OR (95% CI) = 2.08 (

SUBMITTER: Warne N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10894090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature