The effectiveness of dry bed training for nocturnal enuresis in adults: a 3, 5, 6 years follow-up.
Nine enuretic adults who had been successfully treated by a minimal contact Dry Bed Training (DBT) were followed-up after 3, 5, and 6 years. During the follow-up period there has been substantial relapse: 5 out of 9 remaining continent throughout the whole period but 4 relapsing. However after 6 yr eight of them were continent: be it after pharmacological therapy (n = 1), after a booster training (n = 1). As most of the Ss were primary enuretics it is concluded that minimal intervention DBT is a significant contribution to the cure of nocturnal enuresis in adults.
van Son
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Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
van Heesch
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Mulder
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van Londen
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D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004775:Enuresis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome