Assessment of enuresis in children in Erbil City

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Background : Nocturnal enuresis has been observed that bedwetting often occurred in several members of the same family.

A study shows that 70 % of children who have enuresis have a parent who has a history of the disorder (1).

Another study shows that Nocturnal Enuresis (bed wetting) is a relatively common disorder fraught with emotional physical and social effects (2).

Objectives : The aim of the study is to detect certain factors related to enuresis, such as (genetic factor, family history, stress, urinary tract infection, diabetic mellitus and sleeping disorder).

Subjects and methods : A descriptive study, conducted in outpatient in Raparen Pediatric Teaching Hospital in Erbil City, from the April 1st 2011 to May 30th 2012.

A convenience sample size of 50 mothers with their children aged (5–15) years old were select edtoachieve the aim of this study.

Results : The results revealed that 62 % of the study sample were females, the age of total sample 76 % were range between (5–7) years old, more than half of the sample had previously bed wetting, 72 % of the them start bed wetting at age 5 years old, and 40 % of them had bed wetting day and night highest frequency 74 % and 32 % risk factors of enuresis were by genetic factors and urinary tract infection respectively, while 26 % and (22 %) of them their sisters or brothers had enuresis too, respectively.

Conclusion : Present study concluded that enuresis is a pediatric public health problem that associated with young age children, family history of enuresis and history of urinary tract infections in addition to a lot of maternal & child demographic data.

Majority of the sample had previously bed wetting, most of them start bed wetting at age 5 years old.

Recommendation: The study recommended the parents to be more attention and give care about their children during toilet training.