Holding a position of school physician and nurse, there are several important roles that the school medical staff plays in fostering an optimal biopsychosocial well-being of children. An important aspect is to deal with children with daytime urinary incontinence (UI). The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (2004) reported a 10% of 5-year-old and 5% of 10-year-old children experience urinary accidents at school. Though it may appear as a matter of shame, UI is a serious problem especially common in the children.
It may develop into not only severe continence issues later in life but also psychological distress among children. A study demonstrated that children ranked day-time urinary accidents at school as the third most tragic event. In another survey-based study, it was found that one-third of the teachers asked children to wait to go to the bathroom…
