Toilet use definition

Toilet use means how the resident uses the toilet room (or commode, bedpan, urinal); transfers on/off the toilet, cleanses self, changes pad, manages ostomy or catheter, adjusts clothes.

Examples of Toilet use in a sentence

  • Toilet use by elders (60 years and older), adult men and women (18 and 59 years), and older children (5-17 years) were all over 50 percentage points higher in intervention than control villages (Table 5.2).

  • Toilet use is beneficial to the individuals and community at large, but there are challenges of promoting toilet use especially in underdeveloped countries.