Ehsan Shabani, Ali Khorshidi, Kourosh Sayehmiri, Kamran Moradi, Davood Alimardani

Abstract

Introduction: Regarding the fact that the pattern of fluid intake in healthy people and people with urinary stones is unknown, and there is also little information about the extent of the use of fluids in preventing urinary stones, the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the type and frequency of fluid intake with the formation of kidney and urinary tract stones. Materials and Methods: In a case-control study, 127 newly diagnosed patients with urinary stones and the same number of healthy people were studied. The control group was matched with cases in terms of age and gender. Patients with diabetes and acute or chronic renal failure were excluded from the study. Data were collected using INSKAP-HQ-Tot questionnaire. Chi-square and Kendall's correlation coefficient were used to analyze the data. Results: The results of this study showed that the frequency of water intake (P = 0.003), tea (P = 0.008), drink (P = 0.005), natural fruit juice (P = 0.001), industrial juices (P = 0.001), Mineral water (P = 0.001), yogurt drink (P = 0.008) and coffee (P = 0.015) was associated significantly with the risk of renal and ureteral stones (p <0.05). Conclusion: The findings of this study showed that the risk of urinary stones formation has a significant relationship with the type and quality of fluid intake. Therefore, the precise use of fluid intake can prevent the formation of kidney and urinary tract stones.