Bidet toilet use and incidence of hemorrhoids or urogenital infections: A one-year follow-up web survey.

ABSTRACT: Although bidet toilets are widely used in Japan, the relationship between habitual bidet toilet use and the incidence of hemorrhoids or urogenital infections has not been prospectively studied. We performed a web survey and followed bidet toilets users and non-users to assess the incidence of hemorrhoids or urogenital infections from 2013 to 2014. Study subjects were randomly selected from a research company's (Macromill, Inc.) web panel. The baseline survey inquired about toilet use and confounding parameters, and the follow-up survey examined outcome parameters. A total of 7637 subjects were analyzed using single or multiple logistic regression models. The prevalence odds ratios (ORs) between bidet toilet users and non-users for hemorrhoids, urological infections, and vulval pruritus wer

SUBMITTER: Kiuchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345955 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature