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We used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) over 30 days to describe the frequency of avoidance, the activities YASB most commonly avoid, and the preliminary association of daily avoidance with affect, incontinence anxiety and health-related quality of life (HRQoL).<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We analyzed a subsample of YASB participants (18 \u2013 27 years; N=23 of total 88 participants) who completed a larger 30-day prospective EMA study examining the daily prevalence and context of UI and FI in adults with SB. Participants completed an end-of-day EMA tracking daily ADL avoidance on days when they were worried about possible UI or FI and on days when the had actual UI or FI. Additional day-level measures were affect and incontinence anxiety. HRQoL was reported in beginning- and end-of-study surveys.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>YASB contributed 643 total EMAs; 57.5% had any incontinence. ADL avoidance was most frequent with actual FI (20.5%) and least frequent with worry about FI (3.5%, p=0.02) (UI worry: 8.3; actual UI: 8.9%, p=0.546). The most common basic ADL avoided were eating, drinking and spending time with family\/friends. Negative mood and incontinence anxiety were significantly higher on days with all types of avoidance. Higher baseline HRQoL was associated with fewer in-study ADLs avoided, which were in turn associated with higher end-of-study HRQoL.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>YASB avoid key activities of daily living (e.g., eating, drinking, seeing family\/friends) both when they worry about possible incontinence that may but does not occur, and when they experience actual incontinence. In other words, a dry day is not a day free of the negative effects of incontinence. ADL avoidance patterns vary between UI and FI. Tailored interventions addressing actual incontinence and worry about possible incontinence incorporating daily mood or incontinence anxiety can potentially minimize ADL avoidance and its impact on long-term HRQoL.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Discussion and Implications<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>YASB avoid key activities of daily living (e.g., eating, drinking, seeing family\/friends) both when they worry about possible incontinence and when they experience actual incontinence. Tailored intervention may consider addressing daily mood or incontinence anxiety to minimize any ADL avoidance in the short term as a means to improve HRQoL in the long term.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2025.05.20.25327607","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,22]],"date-time":"2025-05-22T01:30:29Z","timestamp":1747877429000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Day-to-Day Activity Avoidance in the Context of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence: Preliminary Results from Young Adults with Spina Bifida in an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2267-1038","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Devon J.","family":"Hensel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Audrey I.","family":"Young","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7087-8968","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konrad M.","family":"Szymanski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1007\/s11136-015-0988-5"},{"key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0292735"},{"issue":"7","key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"920","DOI":"10.1080\/09638288.2019.1647293","article-title":"South African adolescents living with spina bifida: contributors and hindrances to well-being","volume":"43","year":"2021","journal-title":"Disability and Rehabilitation"},{"issue":"04","key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"303","DOI":"10.4236\/ojn.2015.54033","article-title":"Reflections on health of young adults with spina bifida: The contradictory path towards well-being in daily life","volume":"5","year":"2015","journal-title":"Open Journal of Nursing"},{"issue":"6","key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"821","DOI":"10.1111\/dmcn.15456","article-title":"Education and employment as young adults living with spina bifida transition to adulthood in the USA: A study of the National Spina Bifida Patient Registry","volume":"65","year":"2023","journal-title":"Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology"},{"key":"2025052409000757000_2025.05.20.25327607v1.6","unstructured":"Edemekong PF , Bomgaars D , Sukumaran S , Levy SB . 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