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ENURESIS: An Attempt at Classification by Genesis
Author(s) -
ANDERSEN OLE ORTVED,
PETERSEN KNUD E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04841.x
Subject(s) - enuresis , encopresis , medicine , pediatrics
. Andersen, O. Ortved and Petersen, K. E. (Children's Hospital Fuglebakken, Copenhagen, Denmark). Enuresis. An attempt at classification hy genesis. Acta Paediatr Scand. 63: 512, 1974.—A series of 133 enuretic children aged 4–15 years is reported. Age variation. sex ratio. and distrihution of anamnestic data substantiate that the sign enuresis comprises an extremely heterogeneous group. The disease is therefore probably due to several causes. In an effort to elucidate in greater detail the causal relationship, int. al. with a view to its therapeutic significance. the material was divided into 4 groups: (A) Children with primary enuresis without behavioural disturbances. (R) Children with primary enuresis and behavioural disturbances. (C) Children with secondary enuresis without hehavioural disturbances. (D) Children with secondary enuresis and behavioural disturbances. It is demonstrated that boys, especially young boys, aged 4–6 years, usually belong to group A, whereas girls. in particular thnse aged 7–10 years, predominate in groups B+C+D. In girls the enuresis was more often of a diurnal nature, either in the form of isnlated diurnal or combined diurnal and nocturnal enuresis, especially in girls of groups B+C+D. Symptoms of urinary tract infection were also more common in girls than in boys, and predominantly among the girls nf groups B+C+D. Encopresis was twice as common in boys as in girls, also mainly in groups B+C+D. Data concerning a familial predisposition and heavy sleep could not contrihute to a further pathogenetic elucidation.