Effect of the Amount of Hours Spent Studying on the Prevalence of Overactive Bladder in College Women.

Abstract

We conducted a questionnaire survey to access whether the amount of hours spent studying has an effect on the prevalence of OAB in college women. A total of 126 (63%; mean: 23.2 years) of 200 women participants completed the questionnaire. They were divided into two groups: group A (weekly studying hour >40 h) consisted of medical female students and group B (weekly studying hour <25 h) consisted of French literature woman students. The factors related to OAB were analyzed by the chi-squared test. Of 126 respondents, the prevalence of OAB was prevalent in 38 (30.2%) women. There was significant difference in prevalence between the two groups: 7.0% for group A and 42.2% for group B. In group B, OAB prevalence was 66.7% for ≤2 h, 41.2% for 2-≤4 h, 46.5% for 4-≤6 h, and >6 h was 23.5%. This survey showed that there is no relationship between the amount of hours spent studying and OAB. Although the amount of hours spent studying had no association with OAB in college women, OAB prevalence showed a decreasing pattern as the quantity of studying hour increases. Consequently, it is thought that the attitude toward study has more association with OAB than the quantity of studying hours.