Abstract

Objective: Evaluation of our primary nocturnal enuresis patients’ profile and their treatment outcome.

Material and Methods: We included 324 of the 540 patients aged over 5 years who had applied to our outpatients between January 2013 and January 2016 and were treated for primary nocturnal enuresis. Fifty-six patients who had not received relevant information before were treated for one month with behavioral and motivational therapy. A total of 324 patients who did not benefit from this behavioral and motivational therapy or who showed relapse were started on desmopressin at a dose of 60-120 micrograms. “Full response” was defined as a decrease of 90-100% in the number of wetting instances, “moderate response” as a decrease of 50-90%, and “failed response” as a decrease of less than 50%. Treatment and relapse rates were evaluated based on the response to therapy at the time of follow-up. results: The mean age was 10.57±2.37 (minimum 5 maximum 18) years, except the 8 patients who were treated with behavioral and motivational therapy and had no relapse. Full dryness was provided in 166 (51.2%) of the patients who did not have benefit from the behavioral and motivational therapy by itself and used 120 micrograms Desmopressin. “Moderate response” was obtained in 107 (33.3%) patients. “Failed response” was obtained in 51 (15.5%) patients. Relapse was seen in case of discontinuing Desmopressin in 45 (27.1%) patients who had benefited from Desmopressin. Treatment could not proceed in 4 patients who did not respond because of headache and allergy

Keywords: Behavior therapy, Desmopressin, Nocturnal enuresis, Motivation

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Katı B, Polat EC, Kurt HA, Gümüş K. Evaluation of Patients with a Symptom of Primary Nocturnal Enuresis in the State of Sanliurfa. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1 [cited 2025 Aug. 23];11(4):239-42. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/424