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What becomes of children hospitalized for enuresis? Results of a catch-up study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P. Brieger ,
S. Sommer ,
R. Blöink  and
A. Marneros
S. Sommer
Affiliation:
University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06097Halle/Saale, Germany
R. Blöink
Affiliation:
University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06097Halle/Saale, Germany
A. Marneros
Affiliation:
University Hospital for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06097Halle/Saale, Germany
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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to reassess former child and adolescent psychiatric patients with nocturnal enuresis as young adults and to compare them with former patients without enuretic symptoms and with a comparison group from the general population.

Method

We used a ‘catch-up’ design. From a former child and adolescent psychiatric patient cohort we identified all subjects with documented enuretic symptoms in childhood and compared them with two groups matched for gender and age – non-enuretic patients and a comparison group from the general population. Subjects were assessed as adults with standardized instruments according to the criteria of ICD-10 (SCAN, IPDE) and dimensional values for depression, satisfaction with life, global functioning and personality (NEO-FFI).

Results

We assessed 55 former patients with nocturnal enuresis (recruitment rate 68%) after a mean interval of 13.1 years. At catch-up the former enuretic patients had a lower frequency of personality disorders (ICD-10), lower mean depression values, higher global functioning and a lower rate of psychiatric treatment after the age of 18 years than did former non-enuretic patients. Former enuretic patients did not differ significantly from the comparison group from the general population concerning any of the outcome variables, although there was a non-significant trend for former enuretic patients to more often fulfill criteria for a psychiatric ICD-10 diagnosis at catch-up. There were no differences concerning personality among the three groups at catch-up.

Conclusion

Although it may constitute a mild vulnerability factor for further development, nocturnal enuresis had a good long-term outcome in a cohort of treated subjects.

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European Psychiatry , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 27 - 32
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Copyright © Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS.

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