Indagine epidemiologica sull'incontinenza urinaria nella popolazione scolastica del Comune di Verona Epidemiological survey on urinary incontinence in school population in Verona (Italy)

The authors tried to estimate the prevalence of urinary incontinence in children between 6 and 13/14 years by administering an anonymous questionnaire to students of primary and secondary 1° schools of the City of Verona. The disorder is found to be present only at night in 1.9% (male) - 0.6% (females) in the elementary school; also in daytime in 2% (males) - 1.3% (females) in the elementary school and 0.7% (male) - 1.2% (females) in the middle school; only in daytime in 2,7% (males) ‐ 3,5% (females) in the elementary school and 2% (male) ‐ 3,3% (females) in the middle school. These data may be underestimated by the low adhesion to the survey by adolescents. Introduzione