Urinary incontinence and nocturia in healthy schoolchildren.
A frequency/volume chart was used to investigate the micturition pattern of healthy schoolchildren, aged 7-15 years. Of 242 objectively and subjectively healthy children, incontinence was recorded by 36 (14.9%). Nocturnal enuresis, defined as at least one wet night in three months, occurred in 19 (7.9%) children and daytime incontinence occurred with the same frequency. Four girls had both symptoms. Twenty-seven (11.2%) children woke up to void during the night of the investigation but habitual nocturia was established for only 4.1%. There was no difference in the micturition pattern between continent and incontinent children, and there was no correlation between incontinence, nocturnal micturitions and recorded oral fluid intake. At a follow-up one year later, using a questionnaire administrated to the same children, a persistent high rate of incontinence confirmed the original findings.
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Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Sweden.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004326:Drinking; D004775:Enuresis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination