1986 Volume 77 Issue 11 Pages 1868-1873
Ninety-six patients with functional enuresis were treated by bladder training. The results revealed that twenty-eight patients (29%) showed excellent, thirty-six (38%) showed good, and thirty-two (33%) showed poor. And overall 24 patients (25%) were cured.
In order to evaluate results, the patients were divided into three age groups; patients under 7 years old, patients over 7 and under 11 years old and patients over 11 years old. The number of improved patients in the group over 11 years old were significantly larger than that of the group under 7 years old (p<0.01). The number of improved patients in the group over 11 years old were also significantly larger than those of the two groups under 11 years old (p<0.025).
The bladder capacities were signibicantly increased at any age group (under 7 years old, p<0.05; over 7 and under 11 years old, p<0.01; over 11 years old, p<0.001). The bladder capacities in the improved patients were found to have much more increase than those of non-improved patients (p<0.025).
From above results we may conclude that the bladder training is a useful treatment for enuresis and could be placed in the first choice of treatment for enuresis except for the younger patients who are unable to understand the meaning of the method.
