ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE INTENSITY OF SCREEN USE AND THE FREQUENCY OF MONOSYMPTOMATIC ENURESIS IN CHILDREN: PARENTS' PERCEPTION

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between screen time intensity and the frequency of monosymptomatic enuresis in children through an electronic cross-sectional study with 37 caregivers of children aged 5 to 12 years. Data were collected via questionnaire and analyzed in SPSS using mean, standard deviation, absolute and relative frequency, and the Spearman correlation test. The mean age of the children was 7.35 years. Enuresis was frequently reported in 37.8% (n=14) of the children, who spent an average of 5.52 hours per day on screens. Although all caregivers believed in a relationship between screen use and enuresis, no significant correlation was found between the frequency of enuresis and daily screen time (r=0.0027; p=0.987