Prevalence and Quality of Life Among Children with Mono Symptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis at Benha City, Egypt | ||
| Benha Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 41, Issue 8, December 2024, Pages 398-407 PDF (898.81 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/bmfj.2024.242947.1925 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Sabry A. Salem1; Eman M. Araby2; Omima M. Abd el Hie3; Marwa M. Mohasseb4; Nada M. Abdo* 5 | ||
| 1Community medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Benha university, Benha, Egypt. | ||
| 2Department of Public health / family medicine Faculty of Medicine, Benha University. | ||
| 3Pediatric department, Faculty of medicine, Benha university, Benha, Egypt. | ||
| 4Family medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Monofiya university, Monofiya, Egypt. | ||
| 5Family medicine department, faculty of medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Nocturnal enuresis (NE), is a distressing experience for children and their families, and successful treatment invariably improves their quality of life.Objectives: To quantify the prevalence of mono symptomatic nocturnal enuresis among children attending outpatient family health clinics at Benha city, identification of associated risk factors and to assess their quality of life.Methods: This is a comparative cross-sectional study conducted among children (5-15 years) attending outpatient family health clinics at Benha city. Complete medical examination and a brief questionnaire were distributed to screen the children, after their approval consent to fill a well-designed questionnaire.Results: Prevalence of NE was 16.2 %, statistical analysis showed non-significant difference among studied groups regarding number of brothers, order of birth, parents' occupoation, history of constipation,family history of NE (p>0.05). There was a statistical significant difference among studied groups regarding sex, age, parents' education,socioeconomic level , period of using diapers, and education success and impact QOL (p < 0.05). Conclusion:The frequency of NE declines by aging process. This study suggests that enuretic children have low QoL when compared to non-enuretic ones. This finding reinforces the need of a reliable therapeutic approach early in life, with a multidisciplinary group to prevent them from this loss. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Nocturnal enuresis; prevalence; risk factors | ||
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