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DRY‐BED TRAINING IN THE TREATMENT OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IN CHILDHOOD: A RESEARCH REPORT
Author(s) -
Griffiths Peter,
Meldrum Clair,
McWilliam Robert
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1982.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - psychology , stirling engine , library science , psychoanalysis , computer science , thermodynamics , physics
After one subject withdrew from an original group of twelve, eleven children with severe nocturnal enuresis were successfully treated by the Dry-Bed method. The children were aged five to nine years. The group median for the duration of treatment was four weeks, dryness being defined as two successive weeks without a bed-wetting incident. Training periods ranged from two to twenty weeks. Subsequently, two subjects relapsed, although organic and psychiatric factors respectively were probably responsible. At nine-month follow-up 73% of subjects were completely dry. The procedure made heavy demands on parents and clinician; especially in its initial phase. It was suggested that further feasibility studies are required of te Dry-Bed method of treatment in everyday service contexts.