Title
Prevalentie van broek- en/of bedplassen bij hinderen met aandachtsproblemen [Prevalence of daytime and/or night-time incontinence in children with attention problems]
Author
van Leerdam, F.J.M.
Reijneveld, S.A.
de Hoog, N.
van der Heijden, A.J.
Hirasing, R.A.
Publication year
2005
Abstract
Aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of daytime and/or night-time incontinence in children with a clinical score on Attention Problems. Of the population sample of 4970 children, 4480 participated (response 90.1%). Parents of 4171 children (2069 boys and 2102 girls) aged between 4 and 15 years filled out the Dutch version of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL). Mean age was 9.3 years. For daytime and night-time incontinence, we used the items 'daytime wetting' and 'bedwetting' respectively of the CBCL. For Attention Problems we used the Attention Problems syndrome scale of the CBCL. The prevalence of daytime incontinence in this population-based study was 2.3%, of night-time incontinence 9.3% and of the combination of day- and night-time incontinence 1.2% (statistically significant higher in boys and in younger children). For children with a clinical score on the Attention Problems scale, parents reported daytime incontinence in 4.5% (2.4% of the boys and 8.0% of the girls), night-time incontinence in 12.1% (12.2% in boys and 12.0% in girls) and the combination of day- and night-time incontinence in 3.0% (0% of the boys and 8.0% of the girls). For children with a normal score, parents reported daytime incontinence in 2.2%, night-time incontinence in 9.2% and the combination of day- and night-time incontinence in 1.2%. The differences between children with a clinical score are not significant with the exception of girls with the combination of day- and night-time incontinence. There is no relation between day- or night-time incontinence separately and Attention Problems. These findings need to be confirmed in large studies with a clinical assessment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Subject
Health
Adolescent
Attention deficit disorder
Attention disturbance
Child behavior
Female
Human
Major clinical study
Male
Netherlands
Night
Parent
Preschool child
Prevalence
Rating scale
School child
Urine incontinence
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TNO identifier
238873
ISSN
0376-7442
Source
Tijdschrift voor Kindergeneeskunde, 73 (6), 205-209
Document type
article