THE PREVALENCE OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS: DO DSM III CRITERIA NEED TO BE CHANGED? A BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT

THE PREVALENCE OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS: DO DSM III CRITERIA NEED TO BE CHANGED? A BRIEF RESEARCH REPORT

In this study the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis defined according to the DSM III criteria was determined in a random sample of 2070 children aged from 4 to 16 years. Nocturnal enuresis declines in prevalence with age and is more frequent in boys than in girls. Moreover, the decline in prevalence...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1985-11, Vol.26 (6), p.989-993
Hauptverfasser: Verhulst, F. C., van der Lee, J. H., Akkerhuis, G. W., Sanders-Woudstra, J. A. R., Timmer, F. C., Donkhorst, I. D.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Age Factors
Child
Child, Preschool
DSM III criteria
Enuresis
Enuresis - diagnosis
Enuresis - epidemiology
epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Netherlands
prevalence
Sex Factors
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Zusammenfassung:In this study the prevalence of nocturnal enuresis defined according to the DSM III criteria was determined in a random sample of 2070 children aged from 4 to 16 years. Nocturnal enuresis declines in prevalence with age and is more frequent in boys than in girls. Moreover, the decline in prevalence with age was found to take place earlier in girls than in boys. It is therefore argued that the DSM III age limit for enuresis should be raised to 8 years for boys.
ISSN:0021-9630
1469-7610
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1985.tb00612.x