Indrė Zubraitė¹, Brigita Stočkutė¹

¹Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of medicine

ABSTRACT

Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is a health problem frequently encountered in childhood, and is defined as an involuntary voiding of urine during sleep with a frequency of at least twice a week in children aged >5 years in the absence of congenital or acquired defects of the central nervous system. Approximately 10% of all 7-year-old children were reported with NE.  We determined the prevalence for NE among children, who visited a doctor nephrologist at the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos Children`s Consultation Polyclinic. We involved 139 children. The study showed that NE was more common in boys. The prevalence decreased with increasing age. 13,7 % children who had NE also had obstipation or incontinence.

Keywords: nocturnal enuresis, children.