Effects of different methods of treatment of primary enuresis on psychologic functioning in children.
Sixty-two children with primary nocturnal enuresis were assigned randomly to one of two groups. Group 1 was treated with imipramine hydrochloride, and group 2 received a course of treatment with the Mozes Detector. Seventeen children from group 1 and 18 from group 2 were tested with the age-appropriate form of the Cattell personality questionnaire on three occasions: at the time of entry into the study, 2 months later and at follow-up, an average of 16 months later. The patients in group 2, who were older, had a higher rate of cure than did the patients in group 1. They also had significantly higher levels of extroversion and significantly lower levels of neuroticism at follow-up than did those in group 1. These findings indicate that better results are seen with the Mozes Detector than with imipramine in older children with primary nocturnal enuresis.
D002648:Child; D004775:Enuresis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005120:Extraversion, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008722:Methods; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010551:Personality
D007099:Imipramine