Prevalence and Quality of Life Among Children with Mono Symptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis at Benha City, 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.