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Lower education, socioeconomic status of parents a risk factor for bedwetting
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30060
Subject(s) - enuresis , socioeconomic status , citation , psychology , risk factor , developmental psychology , medicine , demography , psychiatry , sociology , library science , population , computer science
Enuresis nocturna (EN), recurrent urination when a child is sleeping, is common in children ages 5 and older, the age at which bladder control occurs. It can impair the lives of children and parents. Studies have indicated that bladder functional impairment or developmental delay in vasopressin secretion could be responsible. There is a difference between primary EN, which occurs in children who have never been dry at night, and secondary EN, which is bedwetting that starts after a period of at least six months of being dry.