A New Check-list Method for Nocturnal Enuresis

Nocturnal Enuresis Clinical Trial

Official title:

A New Check-list Method Enhances the Treatment Compliance and Response of Simple Behavioral Therapy for Primary Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis. Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03510975
• Other study ID #: 014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: January 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: Ankara Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study is aimed to demonstrate the benefits of newly formed written check-list of behavioral instructions and investigate its effects on parent's awareness, consciousness and motivation toward MNE.

The parents with children who complain of bed-wetting 3 or more nights per week for at last 14 days, they was randomly divided into three groups. The parents in Group I were instructed only a verbal behavioral therapy, the parents in Group II were instructed a behavioral therapy with a written formed check-list for parents to fulfill and the children in Group III will received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioral therapy. All participants were analysed the compliance and response rate of treatment over time period of 8 week.

Description:

Monosymptomatic Nocturnal Enuresis (MNE) is defined as involuntarily nighttime bed-wetting after the age of 5 years without any other lower urinary tract symptoms and without a history of bladder dysfunction. MNE can lead to developmental and psychosocial problems on child and negative impact of the family life. It has been recommended that consisting of collaboration with children and their parents is very crucial point to tackle this disturbing condition.

Behavioral therapy can be effective and these should be first-line treatment for MNE on the basis of the attitude of the child and parents. The behavioral therapy is composed of a lot of verbal recommendations including urination before going to sleep at night, a monitorisation daily fluid intake, a restriction of fluid volume before bedtime, rewards for dry nights, etc. However, we have noticed that these instructions have not been documented as a written list yet. We have analysed the literature and composed several recommendations were formed as a written check-list for parents to instruct.

In this present study, we aimed to investigate the efficiency of check-list that are newly formed by a number of written behavioral instructions and demonstrate whether this rises awareness, consciousness and motivation of child's parents toward MNE.

This study was conducted as a prospective randomized study at the Urology Department, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Medical Science University, Ankara, Turkey Of ninety six children and their parents, seventy-five were randomly selected from the Urology outpatient clinic complaining of MNE. They were divided into three groups according to the therapy which were defined by the investigators before recruitment. Twenty-five children and their parents were instructed only a verbal behavioral therapy, 25 were instructed a behavioral therapy with a written check-list form and 25 children received desmopressin treatment plus verbal behavioral therapy were randomly included in the study. Each participants in this study was recorded medical history, demographic data including age of children and parents, number of children, educational and economic status of parents, wet nights. Economic status of family was defined by the hunger and the poverty limits from data of Turkish Statistical Institute All children were done detailed physical examination to rule out abnormal physical development, presence of genitourinary or neurological diseases. Urine analysis, serum creatinine, blood urine nitrogen, sodium, potassium, complete blood count, ultrasonography or plain X ray if necessary were measured.

The parents in Group I were received verbal behavioral instruction. 25 parents in Group II were instructed to fulfill a check-list that were composed of written instructions during a 8 week period. Also children had to register their wet nights via daily voiding diary. 25 children in Group III were received desmopressin melt form 120 μg (Minirin, Ferring International center, Switzerland) once daily before going to bed for 2 months plus verbal behavioral instructions. Details and instructions about the drug and its use were given to the all children and their parents. All participants were checked every 2 weeks to control compliance rate of behavioral therapy (written or verbal) or medical treatment and analyse the response of the children with daily voiding diary.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis

• bed-wetting frequency of 3 or more nights per week for at last 14 days

Exclusion Criteria:

• active urinary tract infection

• non-monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis

• endocrinologic disease like diabetes mellitus or diabetes insipidus which can cause polyuria

• presence or history of renal disease

• hypertension

• genitourinary abnormality

• neurological or psychological disease

• previous medical or alarm therapy for nocturnal enuresis.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Enuresis
• Nocturnal Enuresis
• Urinary Incontinence

Intervention

Drug:
• desmopressin melt form 120 µg
desmopressin melt form 120 µg (Minirin, Ferring International center, Switzerland) once daily before going to bed

Behavioral:
• Verbal behavioral therapy
Verbal behavioral therapy includes reward system, restriction excessive fluid intake, lifting and waking after sleep to urinate, keeping daily voiding diary
• Behavioral therapy with written check-list
Behavioral therapy with written check-list includes reward system, restriction excessive fluid intake, lifting and waking after sleep to urinate, keeping daily voiding diary, ensuring optimal posture to facilitate good bladder function and bowel movements, avoding holding urine, encouring healthy diet

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ankara Training and Research Hospital	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ankara Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (2)

Caldwell PH, Nankivell G, Sureshkumar P. Simple behavioural interventions for nocturnal enuresis in children. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013 Jul 19;(7):CD003637. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003637.pub3. Review. — View Citation

Haid B, Tekgül S. Primary and Secondary Enuresis: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment. Eur Urol Focus. 2017 Apr;3(2-3):198-206. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2017.08.010. Epub 2017 Sep 6. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	dry nights	dry nights were checked by daily voiding diary	8 weeks