title: Evaluation of behavioral problems in patients with monosymptomaticnocturnal enuresis: a prospective controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to evaluate the behavioral and emotional patterns of patients with nocturnal enuresis (NE) and compare them with those of healthy subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-eight children and adolescents with monosymptomatic NE who were admitted to our hospital's pediatric and urologic outpatient clinics and 46 age-matched, healthy subjects were enrolled in this study. To compare behavioral patterns in these patients, the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) was used. Patients' ages, occupations, educational, and socioeconomic status, and mothers' age at delivery were compared in the two groups. One-way ANOVA was used for statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Enuretic children were found to have more behavioral problems than nonenuretic children with regard to social (P = 0.008) and attention (P = 0.018) problems. There were no significant differences in anxiety or attractiveness problems between the groups (P > 0.05); however, patients with enuresis were more likely to exhibit these behavioral problems than healthy subjects. The demographics of the patients were significantly different in the two groups in favor of the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was shown that patients with enuresis have more social and attention problems than the control group. Treating these patients effectively will increase the likelihood that they will not develop behavioral problems.
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Akyüz
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Orhan
authors: O
authors: Koca
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Bilal
authors: B
authors: Karaman
authors: Department of Family Medicine, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Zeynep Yeşim
authors: ZY
authors: Özcan
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Metin İshak
authors: Mİ
authors: Öztürk
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Musab Ali
authors: MA
authors: Kutluhan
authors: Department of Urology, Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors: Muhammet İhsan
authors: Mİ
authors: Karaman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D053206:Nocturnal Enuresis; D000066553:Problem Behavior; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014549:Urinary Incontinence
keywords: Behavioral problems; nocturnal enuresis; psychological problems