[Sound alarms and conditioning therapy in the treatment of childhood enuresis: a study of 180 cases]. 1984

A Cracco, and G P Belloli, and G F Ronconi

The Authors present the study and results in 180 cases of infantile enuresis, treated with a new bell alarm associated to conditioning psychological treatment (toilet training, token economy, motivational counseling, urine stop exercises, etc.). The cases have been subdivided into the type of enuresis, age and sex. 140 (77.8%) subjects aged from 6 years to 16 years with primary enuresis, and 40 (22.2%) aged from 6 years to 15 years with secondary enuresis have been treated. The following results were obtained in the primary enuresis with this type of treatment after a follow-up of 6-12 months: permanent recovery in 85.71% of the cases, relapse after 6 months in 11.42%, improvement in 5% and failures in 9,29% of the cases. In secondary enuresis the following results were obtained: permanent recovery after 12 months in 75% of the cases, relapse after 6 months in 10%, improvement in 7.5% and failures in 17.5% of the cases. The differences in the results between the two types of enuresis with respect to the age of the cases up to 12 years are proved and relatively less with respect to the average time of treatment for the total remission. Regarding the sex of the cases no significant therapeutic answer was noted neither in the final results nor in the time of treatment in both types of enuresis. Finally, it is not the substitution of symptoms which are proved but the benefits of a general and psychological level.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004775 Enuresis Involuntary discharge of URINE after expected age of completed development of urinary control. This can happen during the daytime (DIURNAL ENURESIS) while one is awake or during sleep (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS). Enuresis can be in children or in adults (as persistent primary enuresis and secondary adult-onset enuresis).
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000161 Acoustic Stimulation Use of sound to elicit a response in the nervous system. Auditory Stimulation,Stimulation, Acoustic,Stimulation, Auditory
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D001521 Behavior Therapy The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behavior disorders. Behavior Change Techniques,Behavior Modification,Behavior Treatment,Conditioning Therapy,Therapy, Behavior,Therapy, Conditioning,Behavior Change Technique,Behavior Modifications,Behavior Therapies,Conditioning Therapies,Modification, Behavior,Technique, Behavior Change,Treatment, Behavior
D013315 Stress, Psychological Stress wherein emotional factors predominate. Cumulative Stress, Psychological,Emotional Stress,Individual Stressors,Life Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stress,Psychological Stress Experience,Psychological Stress Overload,Psychologically Stressful Conditions,Stress Experience, Psychological,Stress Measurement, Psychological,Stress Overload, Psychological,Stress Processes, Psychological,Stress, Emotional,Stressful Conditions, Psychological,Psychological Stress,Stress, Psychologic,Stressor, Psychological,Condition, Psychological Stressful,Condition, Psychologically Stressful,Conditions, Psychologically Stressful,Cumulative Stresses, Psychological,Experience, Psychological Stress,Individual Stressor,Life Stresses,Measurement, Psychological Stress,Overload, Psychological Stress,Psychologic Stress,Psychological Cumulative Stresses,Psychological Stress Experiences,Psychological Stress Measurement,Psychological Stress Measurements,Psychological Stress Overloads,Psychological Stress Processe,Psychological Stress Processes,Psychological Stresses,Psychological Stressful Condition,Psychological Stressful Conditions,Psychological Stressor,Psychological Stressors,Psychologically Stressful Condition,Stress Experiences, Psychological,Stress Processe, Psychological,Stress, Life,Stress, Psychological Cumulative,Stressful Condition, Psychological,Stressful Condition, Psychologically,Stressor, Individual

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