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

  • Gerald A. Bennett (a1), Victoria J. Walkden (a1), Roy H. Curtis (a1), Laurence E. Burns (a1), Janice Rees (a1), Judith A. Gosling (a1) and Neil L. McQuire (a1)...
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Forty primary nocturnally enuretic children were randomly assigned to one of four experimental conditions over a ten week period. These were (a) standard Pad-and-Buzzer Training (PBT), (b) Stop—Start Training (SST), involving practice in interrupting the flow of urine during micturition, (c) Dry Bed Training (DBT) and (d) Waiting List Control (WLC). Numbers of dry nights were assessed during a 14 days pre-treatment baseline period, and again during 14 days at the end of treatment and at 12 weeks follow-up. At the end of treatment the proportions of subjects in each condition achieving 14 consecutive dry nights were: PBT 44.4%, SST 16.6%, DBT 50% and WLC 0%. Each of the three treatments produced more dry nights than the WLC, but did not significantly differ from one another. The results were discussed in terms of their generalizability and in the context of superior results previously reported for DBT.

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