Nocturnal enuresis and living apart from family

Objective: The prevalence of nocturnal enuresis decreased with age. According to our knowledge about 15% of enuretics will stop bedwetting spontaneously without any treatment. This study was performed to evaluate the possible effects of living apart from family on the course of Monosymptomatic Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (MNE) in male school children. Materials & Methods: Prevalence rate of MNE of male school children living with family, apart from family and without any family, who hadn't take any diagnosis/therapy was assessed by a questionnaire filled out in a face to face fashion by a researcher. A total of 1322 boys from three different schools were enrolled to this study. Groups were determined according to children's family life. Group A was consisted of boys living in an orphanage (n=660), Group B was including boys who are boarding students (n=177), and Group C (control group) was the random sample group drawn from a primary school (n=485). Age range was 6 to 16 years in all groups. Results: A total of 113 nocturnal enuretic children who hadn't take any diagnosis/therapy were encountered in all groups. The prevalence rate of MNE was 8.5% (n: 56) in Group A, 12.4% (n: 22) in Group B, and 7.2% (n: 35) in Group C (p>0.05). Mean age of enuretics in Group A, B, and C were 10.27 yr, 10.86 yr, and 8.74 yr, respectively. The mean age of enuretics in Group C was significantly lower than those of enuretics in Group AandB (p<0.05). Conclusions: Living apart from family has a negative effect on course of MNE.

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Amaç: Nokturnal enürezis prevalansı yaşla azalmaktadır. Monosemptomatik nokturnal enürezis (MNE) yıllık %15 spontan remisyon hızına sahiptir. Bu çalışma ile okul çağındaki erkek çocuklarda MNE doğal seyrine ebeveyn yokluğu ve aileden uzak yaşamanın muhtemel etkisini araştırmayı amaçladık. Gereç ve Yöntem: Doldurulan anket formları ile ebeveynleri olmayan, ailelerinden uzak yaşayan ve aileleri ile birlikte yaşayan, daha önce MNE tanı ve tedavisi almamış erkek çocuklarda MNE sıklığı araştırıldı. İlimizde bulunan yetiştirme yurdu (Grup A), yatılı bölge okulu (Grup B) ve bir devlet okulundaki (Grup C) 6-16 yaş arası toplam 1322 erkek çocuk çalışmaya dahil edildi. Grup A'da 660, Grup B'de 177 ve Grup C'de 485 anket formu doldurulabildi. Ayda en az bir gece yatak ıslatma MNE olarak kabul edildi. Bulgular: Toplam 113 MNE'li çocuk tespit edildi. MNE prevelansı Grup A'da %8.5 (n: 56), Grup B'de %12.4 (n: 22) ve Grup C'de %7.2 (n: 35) idi (p>0.05). Enüretik çocukların yaş ortalamaları ise Grup A, Grup B ve Grup C'de sırayla 10.27, 10.86 ve 8.74 yıl idi (p<0.05). Bu fark Grup C'deki aileleri ile birlikte yaşayan enüretik çocukların yaş ortalamasının düşüklüğünden kaynaklandı. Sonuç: Aileden uzak yaşamak MNE doğal seyri üzerinde olumsuz etkiye sahiptir.

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Anketler Aile özellikleri Çocuk Yaş faktörü Ergen Erkek Uykuda işeme Questionnaires Family Characteristics Child Age Factors Adolescent Male Nocturnal Enuresis

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ŞAHİNKANAT, T., RESİM, S., ÖZKAN, K. U., GARİPARDIÇ, M., EKERBİÇER, H. Ç. (2005). Nocturnal enuresis and living apart from family. KSÜ Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 3, 72–75. https://ajindex.com/articles/274550

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