title: Using a pants alarm for the treatment of day wetting: problems with compliance.
abstract: A treatment of day wetting was evaluated in four normally capable children (ages 4:9, 4:10. 6:3, and 10:1 years). The treatment combined the use of a pants alarm with rewards (praise and tokens) for urinating in the toilet. The treatment was effective for one child only. The others showed many instances of noncompliance (not wearing the alarm, wearing the alarm with loose contacts or with the contacts on places where they could not detect urine). Tactics for dealing with this are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands. boelens@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
authors.forename: Harrie
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Boelens
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van den Broek
authors.forename: Jos
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beishuizen
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003020:Clothing; D004566:Electrodes; D004775:Enuresis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*