Pad-and-Buzzer Training, Dry-Bed Training, and Stop-Start Training in the Treatment of Primary Nocturnal Enuresis

Bennett, Gerald; Walkden, Victoria J.; Curtis, Roy H.; Burns, Laurence E.; Rees, Janice; Gosling, Judith A.; McQuire, Neil L.

doi:10.1017/s0141347300012052

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“…The better outcome found for dry-bed training agrees with the results of Bennett et al (1985), who also used bibliotherapy (instructional leaflets), but supported families with weekly clinic sessions. Butler, Brewin, and Forsyth (1988) did not find a more favourable outcome for dry-bed training; however, these authors omitted the positive practice and parental disappointment components from the treatment algorithm.…”

Section: Self-help Dry-bed Trainingsupporting

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Parent‐administered modified dry‐bed training for childhood nocturnal enuresis: evidence for superiority over urine‐alarm conditioning when delivery factors are controlled

Nawaz

Griffiths

Tappin

2002

Behavioral Interventions

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We compared the relative efficacy of modified dry-bed training and standard urine-alarm conditioning for treating functional nocturnal enuresis in 36 children aged 7-12 years attending health centres in Glasgow, Scotland. A minimal intervention, self-help approach was adopted. Parents and children received standardized instruction, which, for each method, consisted of one clinic interview and a manual and videotape for home viewing. Outcomes were contrasted with those from untreated controls. Twelve children were randomly assigned to each condition. All groups were matched for age, gender, social class (deprivation category), and baseline wetting frequency. In the two treated groups, an intake interview was followed by two review appointments, otherwise families carried out the programmes independently at home with fortnightly telephone support either until the success criterion of 14 consecutive dry nights was met or the 16 week maximum treatment period expired. Of the 12 children treated by dry-bed training, eight achieved initial success compared with only three of the 12 treated by the conventional urine-alarm method. One waiting-list control child remitted spontaneously. ANOVA showed highly significant differences in wet nights per week immediately after intervention for both treatment and time factors ( p < 0.001) and their interaction ( p < 0.01). The dry-bed group averaged 0.8 nights per week wet on treatment cessation, a frequency which was significantly superior to the average of 3.25 for the urine-alarm group and 5.00 for the controls. Six months after attaining initial success, one child in each treated group had relapsed. Our results show an outcome of 58% long-term remission (67% initial arrest, 13% relapse) for dry-bed training when delivered by minimal intervention methods and indicate dry-bed training as being more effective than orthodox urine-alarm conditioning for the same input of clinic time and instruction.

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Section: Self-help Dry-bed Trainingsupporting

confidence: 76%

Parent‐administered modified dry‐bed training for childhood nocturnal enuresis: evidence for superiority over urine‐alarm conditioning when delivery factors are controlled

Nawaz

Griffiths

Tappin

2002

Behavioral Interventions

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“…As multicomponent programs require great short-term effort from the family of an enuretic child (Bennett, Walkden, Curtis, Burns, Rees, Gosling & McQuire, 1985;Carr, 1987) it is useful to look at more practicable strategies. In clinical practice, treatment programs must be no more elaborate than is necessary.…”

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Treatment of Primary Nocturnal Enuresis in a Boy with Down's Syndrome

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1988

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Primary nocturnal enuresis in a nine-year-old boy with Down's Syndrome was treated successfully with an enuresis alarm. A criterion of four consecutive dry weeks was reached after fourteen weeks and the child remained dry at six-month and twelve-month follow-up. Treatment included a gradual withdrawal phase. The study replicates others showing that a simple ‘bell and pad’ procedure can suffice. Client, family and procedural variables associated with success and failure of alarm treatments are discussed.

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