Response of bedwetting to the enuresis alarm. Influence of psychiatric disturbance and maximum functional bladder capacity.
Fifty-four children with nocturnal enuresis were managed with the pad and bell system. Their maximum functional bladder capacity was estimated before they began treatment, and a Rutter A questionnaire was completed by the mothers. If an average of less than one wet night a week is taken as a criterion of success, then 63% of them responded in the last month of treatment; neither the Rutter score nor the maximum functional bladder capacity predicted outcome. However 26% failed to persist with treatment to the end of the project and were considered to have dropped out. If they are excluded, the initial response rate is 73%. In these cases a Rutter total score of at least 18 was found to be associated with failure to respond, but the maximum bladder capacity was not related to outcome.
D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004775:Enuresis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000503:physiopathology