A Study on Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Nocturnal Enuresis in Children

The aim of the study is to assess the clinical profile and risk factors of children presenting with nocturnal enuresis.

Paediatric OPD Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital.

July 2017 to June 2018 (12 months).

This descriptive observational study was conducted in the Institute of Social Paediatrics, Govt. Stanley Hospital, Chennai. All children between the ages of 5 to 12 who presented to the OPD with the complaint (As a primary one or one of the many) of bedwetting constituted the study material.

Detailed history of each child who presented to the OPD with complaints of nocturnal enuresis were included in the study. A detailed history was taken and complete physical examination was done. Later on the urine was collected in a septical conditions and sent for various urine analysis.

The data collection technique adopted in this study is a structured questionnaire on the evaluation of nocturnal enuresis in children from 5 years of age 12 years of age who presented to the Pediatric OPD for 1 year at Sree Medical College and Hospital. Detailed history obtained from the parents.

There was close closeness in the clinical Introductions of the 2 gatherings. The normal nearness of daytime voiding side effects in patients with both PNE and SNE recommends that daytime voiding propensities may impact the accomplishment of evening time self-restraint. The similarities in Primary and Secondary enuresis are also reflected in the study by Robson et al19 who concluded that they likely share a common pathogenesis.

The major significant differences between the patients whom we report with Primary Enuresis and those with Secondary Enuresis are storage symptoms, cystitis symptoms and sleep disordered breathing which were more common in secondary enuresis (P <0.05) and Low income which was more significantly associated with primary enuresis (P <0.05).