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Objective: Functional daytime incontinence is one of the common urological problems in children. Its etiology is multifactorial and environmental factors and emotional events increase the frequency of incontinence.The objective of this study is to compare the frequency of functional daytime incontinence among Syrian children who were exposed to stressful experiences and Turkish pirmary school children. Method: In study, the sociodemographic data of children between the ages of 6 and 10 who came to pediatric surgery and child health clinics of our hospital between September 2017 and August 2019 were analyzed. A total of 332 Syrian and 341 Turkish children were included in the study. Data collection forms consisting of three sections were created. In the first section, age, gender, height, weight, maternal education level, functional constipation were evaluated. In the second section the depression scale for children was used to evaluate the psychological state of children. In the third section, lower urinary tract symptoms and presence of incontinence in the family were questioned. Families were contacted by phone by two nurses, and one translator independent of the study and data collection forms were filled. Results: The frequency of functional daytime incontinence in Syrian and Turkish children were 6.6% and 5.2% respectively. There were no statistically significant differences between the Syrian and Turkish children in terms of functinal daytime incontinence (p>0.05). Statistically significant differences were not detected among daytime incontinence gender, scores of depression scale for children, body mass index, maternal education level (p>0.05). Statistically significant differences were found among functional daytime incontinence and positive family hisftory, enuresis nocturna, and functional constipation (p

INTRODUCTION: Functional constipation is a frequently seen gastrointestinal problem in childhood. Rome IV criteria have been proposed in recent years for the diagnosis of functional constipation. The objective of this study is to evaluate frequency of functional constipation in primary school children using the Rome IV criteria and to evaluate the factors associated with functional constipation. METHODS: A primary school was chosen in the center of Diyarbakır Province was chosen between January 2019 and February 2019 for a prospective cross-sectional epidemiological study. A total of 535 cases aged 6-10 years were included in the study. Data collection forms consisting of three parts were distributed to 1.000 students. In the first part, age, gender, height, weight, maternal education level, family economic level were evaluated. In the second part, the habit of eating, participating in physical activities, the time spent sitting in front of TV or computer, delaying the need to use toilet voluntarily, and in the third section, the criteria of Rome IV and the use of the school toilet were questioned. RESULTS: The incidence of functional constipation according to the Rome IV criteria was 24.8 percent. No statistically significant relationship was determined in respect of age, gender, body mass index, maternal education level, family economic level, physical activity or time spent on watching television. There was a statistically significant relationship between consumption of few vegetables and fruits, food with very low fiber content and not using school toilets and functional constipation (p