The frequency of constipation in children with nocturnal enuresis: A comparison with parental reporting

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 19-27

  McGrath, Kathleen H ^a,d   Caldwell, Patrina H Y ^b   Jones, Michael P ^c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Tamworth Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gastroenterology; General paediatrics; Nephrology renal; Urology gynaecology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NOCTURNAL ENURESIS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 36849051324     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2007.01207.x     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Bower WF, Moore KH, Shepherd RB, Adams RD. The epidemiology of Childhood enuresis in Australia. Br. J. Urol. 1996 78 : 602 6.
2. Hjalmas K, Arnold T, Bower W et al. Nocturnal enuresis: an international evidence based management strategy. J. Urol. 2004 171 : 2545 61.
3. Uguralp S, Karaoglu L, Karaman A, Demircan M, Yakinci C. Frequency of enuresis, constipation and enuresis association with constipation in a group of school children aged 5-9 years in Malatya, Turkey. Turk J. Med. Sci. 2003 33 : 315 20.
4. Cayan S, Doruk E, Bozlu M, Nass Duce M, Ulusoy E, Akbay E. The assessment of constipation in monosymptomatic primary nocturnal enuresis. Int. Urol. Nephrol. 2001 33 : 513 6.
5. Bower WF, Moore KH, Shepherd RB, Adams RD. Normative and Clinical Information Gained from an Epidemiological study of Incontinence in Australian Children. Aust. N. Z. Cont. J. 1996 2 : 6 8.
6. Loening-Baucke V. Urinary Incontinence and Urinary Tract Infection and their resolution with Treatment of Chronic Constipation of Childhood. Pediatrics 1997 100 : 228 32.
7. O'Regan S, Yazbeck S, Hamberger B, Schick E. Constipation: a commonly unrecognized cause of enuresis. Am. J. Dis. Child. 1986 140 : 260 1.
8. O'Regan S, Yazbeck S. Constipation: a cause of enuresis, urinary tract infection and vesico- ureteric reflux in children. Med. Hypotheses 1985 17 : 409 13.
9. O'Regan S, Yazbeck S, Schick E. Constipation, bladder instability, urinary tract infection syndrome. Clin. Nephrol. 1985 23 : 152 4.
10. O'Regan S, Schick E, Hamburger B, Yazbeck S. Constipation associated with vesicoureteral reflux. Urology 1986 28 : 394 6.
11. Borowitz SM, Cox DJ, Tam A, Ritterband LM, Sutphen JL, Penberthy JK. Precipitants of constipation during early childhood. J. Am. Board Fam. Pract. 2003 16 : 213 8.
12. Drossman DA, Corazziari E, Talley NJ, Thompson WG, Whitehead WE, eds. Rome II. The Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders. Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment. A Multinational Consensus, 2nd edn. McLean VA : Degnon Associates, 2000.
13. Lewis SJ, Heaton KW. Stool form scale as a useful guide to intestinal transit time. Scand. J. Gastroenterol. 1997 32 : 920 4.
14. Robson LM, Leung AK, Van Howe R. Primary and secondary nocturnal enuresis: similarities in presentation. Pediatrics 2005 115 : 956 9.
15. Ostaszkiewicz J, Ski C, Hornby L. Does successful treatment of constipation or faecal impaction resolve lower urinary tract symptoms? A structured review of the literature. Aust. N. Z. Cont. J. 2005 11 : 70 80.