Abstract
Objective: This work aimed to describe the profile of the students of a public school in Distrito Federal (DF) in relation to knowledge about urinary tract infections, mictional and water intake behavior. Methodology: Cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study. A self-administered semistructured survey containing 9 questions was applied to the data acquisition. The study was accomplished at a public school in DF with students aged from 14 to 18 years. Those whom know to have reported some dysfunction of neurological or urological origin that affected the urinary system were excluded from the study. Results and Discussion: Here we show that 70.7% of the students encompassing the sample are aware of what is an urinary tract infection, and 51,2% of them knows what are the main causes of this type of infection. In contrast, they still have the occurrence of urinary tract infections (UTIs). Conclusion: It was possible to identify a risky behavior among students in relation to water intake and mictional habits, which could lead to urinary tract infections.