Van Aggelpoel Tinne, Vermandel Alexandra, Fraeyman Jessica, Massart Michiel, Van Hal Guido
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium.
Department of Urology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
Child Care Health Dev. 2019 May;45(3):457-462. doi: 10.1111/cch.12653. Epub 2019 Mar 21.
Toilet training (TT) is a milestone in a child's development. Nowadays, children complete TT later than previous generations. This can have detrimental consequences for the child, the parents, and the environment. TT is experienced as difficult and time-consuming; parents could benefit from guidelines to assist in this process.
Focus group discussions (FGDs) were used to explore parents' experiences in an inductive approach applying purposive sampling. The FGDs aimed to explore the type of information parents wanted to receive on TT, from whom and how.
After six FGDs, including 37 participants with personal experience in TT, data saturation was achieved. The findings of this qualitative study show that reputable agencies, family, friends, day-care workers, and nursery school teachers were considered very helpful and trustworthy sources. TT information should be easily understandable and not contain scientific terms or much text. A colourful and illustrated brochure sent by regular mail is preferred.
Our study allows to develop a source of correct and wanted information about TT that parents can and want to use, which helps them completing this training more easily and timely.
如厕训练（TT）是儿童发育过程中的一个里程碑。如今，儿童完成如厕训练的时间比前几代人要晚。这可能会对儿童、父母和环境产生不利影响。如厕训练被认为既困难又耗时；父母可以从相关指导方针中受益，以帮助他们完成这一过程。
采用焦点小组讨论（FGD），运用目的抽样的归纳法来探索父母的经历。焦点小组讨论旨在探究父母希望从谁那里、以何种方式获得有关如厕训练的信息。
在进行了六次焦点小组讨论后，包括37名有如厕训练亲身经历的参与者，实现了数据饱和。这项定性研究的结果表明，知名机构、家人、朋友、日托工作者和幼儿园教师被认为是非常有帮助且值得信赖的信息来源。如厕训练信息应该易于理解，不包含科学术语或过多文字。通过平信寄送的彩色图文手册是首选。
我们的研究有助于开发一种关于如厕训练的正确且符合需求的信息来源，父母能够且愿意使用，这有助于他们更轻松、及时地完成这项训练。
