Aims and Objectives:The aim of the study was to establish the prevalence of enuresis in school children and to determine contributing factors along with treatment methods used in these children.Materials and Methods:The parents of 1473 children aged between 6-10 years completed a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Socio-demographic profiles, enuresis data, medical and psychiatric disorders and family stressors were collected. The data was analyzed and the results presented.Results:The response rate was 89.22%. The overall prevalence of enuresis was 7.61%. Enuresis was more common in boys. A positive family history of enuresis was seen in 28.57% children; 14.29% of the children had daytime wetting as well. Only 24.11% of the parents had taken their child to a doctor for the problem. Family stressors, significant birth history and lower socioeconomic status was present to a larger extent in the enuretic group. Scholastic backwardness was also an important factor in this group.Conclusions:This study reports on the prevalence of enuresis in school-going children and stresses on the need for parental education and awareness about this problem.
OBJECTIVE : It is well established that the combination of psychopharmacologica1 treatment and psychosocial interventions, sudz as psychotherapy, family orientation and occupational therapy (O T) , represent the best strategy for treating patients with schizophrenia. The ainz of this study is to investigate if OT is effective when added to a psychopharnzacological treatment in chronic schizophrenia. METHOD : Two groups of patients were cornpared: The experirizelltal group (Group A) received psvchopharmacologica1 treatment plus sessions of occuputional therapy (O T) and the control group (Group B) received only psychopharniacological treatment. The Scale for Interactive Observation in Occupational Therapy was employed to evaluate the ocrtcome. The duration of the study was 6 months and patients were rated at baseline and monthly totaling 7 assessments. The scale was independently applied by two occupational therapists. The data was tabulated and statistically analyzed. riod of observution, mainly from the 4th month to the end o f the S~L I C~V. CONCLUSIONS : In patients with chronic schizophrenia, the colizbination of OT unrl clozapine showed to be nzore effective tlzari the use of medications alone. Occupationul Therapy may represent an additional thertlpeutic option for patients wit11 chronic schizophrenia and must be an integral part oj'evely schizophrenia rehabilitation procqr(inlme.
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