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Toilet Training

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  1. Epidemiology
    1. Usually occurs by end of third year (mean 2.5 years)
      1. Age 24 months: 26% daytime continence
      2. Age 30 months: 85% daytime continence
      3. Age 36 months: 98% daytime continence
    2. Girls often toilet train earlier than boys

Toilet Training (C0040365)

Definition (MSH)Conditioning to defecate and urinate in culturally acceptable places.
ConceptsEducational Activity (T065)
MSHD014039
EnglishChild continence training, Toilet Training, Toilet Trainings
Spanishentrenamiento de la continencia en el nino
Parent Conceptschild-rearing practice (C0680053), Child Rearing (C0008091), Urinary bladder training (C0150474), Child health procedures (C0729313)
SourcesAOD, LCH, MSH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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