Negative experiences with public bathrooms and chronic illness-related shame
Guido Corradi1, Leticia Leon1,2, Cecilia Theirs1
1Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, Madrid, Spain.
Introduction:
The use of public bathrooms is a challenge for everyone, but especially for those who are affected by a bathroom-dependent condition. Being dependent on bathrooms is linked with different negative emotions. One of them is a clinically relevant emotion: shame associated with the chronic condition.
Materials And Methods:
In a cross-sectional survey study (n = 193) of people who suffer a bathroom-dependent condition we asked about health conditions, well-being, and shame related to chronic condition outcomes.
Results:
We show a link between negative public bathroom experiences, and diminished well-being and feelings of shame related to chronic illness. We found that this relationship between negative experiences with public bathrooms and shame is not specific to the different conditions.
Conclusion:
We conclude that the negative experiences which people with different gastrointestinal illnesses face is an environmental stressor associated with more embarrassment as a result of the condition suffered.
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