Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey.
Department of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey.
Biomedica. 2024 Aug 29;44(3):368-378. doi: 10.7705/biomedica.7018.
Video games have a strong influence on children and adolescents. Video game addiction has negative effects on children's health.
To determine the relationship between video game addiction and bladder/bowel dysfunction in children.
Three hundred sixty-three children and their mothers who met the inclusion criteria constituted the sample of this correlational study. The data were collected using a descriptive information form, the Video Game Addiction Scale for Children, and the Childhood Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction Questionnaire.
We found that 72.5% of the children were nine years old and 27.5% were ten years old; 50.4% were males and 49.6% were female. While 4.7% of the children who participated in the study were underweight, 19.6% were overweight, and 17.9% were obese. The mean Video Game Addiction Scale for Children score was 50.77 ± 16.17, whereas the mean Childhood Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction Questionnaire score was 29.98 ± 8.90. The ratio of children with a mean Video Game Addiction Scale for Children scores equal to or greater than 90 was 0.8% (n = 3). We found that 3.6% (n = 13) of the children had urinary/fecal incontinence while playing video games. There was a weak positive relationship between the dimensions of the Video Game Addiction Scale for Children scores, the Childhood Bladder and Bowel Dysfunction Questionnaire scores, and children's bladder and bowel function (r = 0.220; p ˂ 0.05).
There is a correlation between children's video game addiction level and their bladder and bowel dysfunction grade. Higher video game addiction levels correspond to higher bladder and bowel dysfunction.
视频游戏对儿童和青少年有很强的影响力。视频游戏成瘾对儿童健康有负面影响。
确定儿童视频游戏成瘾与膀胱/肠道功能障碍之间的关系。
符合纳入标准的 363 名儿童及其母亲构成了这项相关性研究的样本。使用描述性信息表、儿童视频游戏成瘾量表和儿童膀胱和肠道功能障碍问卷收集数据。
我们发现，72.5%的儿童为 9 岁，27.5%的儿童为 10 岁；50.4%为男性，49.6%为女性。在参加研究的儿童中，4.7%的儿童体重过轻，19.6%的儿童超重，17.9%的儿童肥胖。儿童视频游戏成瘾量表的平均得分为 50.77±16.17，而儿童膀胱和肠道功能障碍问卷的平均得分为 29.98±8.90。儿童视频游戏成瘾量表得分等于或大于 90 的平均得分的儿童比例为 0.8%（n=3）。我们发现，3.6%（n=13）的儿童在玩视频游戏时有尿便失禁。儿童视频游戏成瘾量表得分、儿童膀胱和肠道功能障碍问卷得分与儿童膀胱和肠道功能之间存在弱正相关（r=0.220；p<0.05）。
儿童的视频游戏成瘾程度与其膀胱和肠道功能障碍程度之间存在相关性。较高的视频游戏成瘾程度对应较高的膀胱和肠道功能障碍。
