Investigation of the Effect of Toilet Training Given to Children

Investigation of the Effect of Toilet Training Given to Children Who Have no Problems in Their Social-emotional Development on the Process of Acquiring Toilet Habits

In the study, it was aimed to examine the factors affecting the toilet training of children aged 18-36 months who have no problems in social-emotional development and the effect of professional support on the toilet training process.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Toilet Training
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Toilet training

Detailed Description

Toilet training studies in Turkey and analyzes of bladder, bowel control and training completion times in these studies are limited. In this study, training processes were examined separately, and the factors that were not studied frequently until today were investigated. Also the effects of the professional support provided to children who did not have problems in social-emotional development on the process were examined.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 214
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Cankaya
    • Ankara, Cankaya, Turkey, 06800
      • University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 year to 3 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• not having received toilet training
• age of the child between 18-36 months
• normal social-emotional development
• no known chronic disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• having received toilet training
• the child's age is outside the range of 18-36 months
• abnormal social-emotional development
• presence of chronic disease

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study Group; Children and families included in the study group were directed to the child development unit to receive toilet training.	Behavioral: Toilet training; As the training model, Brazelton's child-oriented toilet training method was taken as the basis in study group. In addition, literature studies on toilet training in Turkey were scanned and the final form of training to be given to mothers was created. In the control group, families manage training process themselves.
No Intervention: Control Group; The control group consisted of families who wanted to manage toilet training process themselves.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Toilet training completion age	It was defined as the age at which bladder and bowel control were fully achieved.	6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
• Investigators: Study Chair: Aysun Kara Uzun, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital; Study Chair: Sevilay Yildiz Akkus, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital; Study Chair: Bahar Cuhaci Cakir, Gazi University; Study Chair: Eda Ozaydin, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital, Children's Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): December 31, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 18, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 12, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): April 14, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 14, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 12, 2022
• Last Verified: April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Child; Toilet training; Social-emotional development
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No