title: Is nocturia of young adulthood a remnant of childhood nocturnal enuresis?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Nocturia and nocturnal enuresis (NE) share similar aetiopathological factors, and may represent two different situations involving the same underlying issue. In this study, we tried to evaluate the relation between NE of childhood and nocturia of young adulthood.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 577 female university students aged 17-24 years were included in the survey. A face-to-face questionnaire was administered concerning present nocturia and past NE history. A non-validated questionnaire, created by the authors, was used to evaluate the presence and the frequency of childhood NE and present nocturia. All participant data were checked by telephone contact with their parents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall prevalence rates of nocturia and history of nocturnal enuresis in the study population were 8.6 % and 15 % respectively. Sixteen per cent of nocturics and 15 % of non-nocturics had a history of childhood NE (p = 0.837). The childhood NE was graded as severe or infrequent. The presence of nocturia was compared between participants with severe NE and infrequent NE, and no significant difference was observed (11.1 % vs 7.8 %, p = 0.713). Nocturia frequency was compared with the history of childhood NE and we found that as the nocturia frequency increased, the rate of childhood NE also increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no relation between young adulthood nocturia and childhood NE in our study population, but as the severity of nocturia increased, the relation between nocturia and NE became more relevant.
authors: Department of Urology, Namik Kemal University, Tekirdag, Turkey, drcenkyazici@yahoo.com.
authors: Cenk Murat
authors: CM
authors: Yazici
authors: Remzi
authors: R
authors: Abali
authors: Nicel
authors: N
authors: Tasdemir
authors: Cagri
authors: C
authors: Dogan
authors: Tülin
authors: T
authors: Yildiz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D053158:Nocturia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D053206:Nocturnal Enuresis / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
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