OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and natural history of urinary symptoms and incontinence among healthy adolescent schoolchildren. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A prospective longitudinal study using a confidential questionnaire administered to an original cohort of 1176 local schoolchildren at 11-12 years and again at 15-16 years old. RESULTS: There was a decrease in the prevalence of urinary symptoms with age. Daywetting was reported by 12.5% of children aged 11-12 years and 3.0% of children aged 15-16 years. Nocturnal enuresis was reported by 4.7% of children at 11-12 years and 1.1% at 15-16 years. Some of the children reporting daywetting and nocturnal enuresis at 15-16 years old had not reported these symptoms at 11-12 years old. CONCLUSION: Urinary symptoms become less prevalent with age, but are reported by a significant number of healthy schoolchildren.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and natural history of urinary symptoms and incontinence among healthy adolescent schoolchildren. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: A prospective longitudinal study using a confidential questionnaire administered to an original cohort of 1176 local schoolchildren at 11-12 years and again at 15-16 years old. RESULTS: There was a decrease in the prevalence of urinary symptoms with age. Daywetting was reported by 12.5% of children aged 11-12 years and 3.0% of children aged 15-16 years. Nocturnal enuresis was reported by 4.7% of children at 11-12 years and 1.1% at 15-16 years. Some of the children reporting daywetting and nocturnal enuresis at 15-16 years old had not reported these symptoms at 11-12 years old. CONCLUSION: Urinary symptoms become less prevalent with age, but are reported by a significant number of healthy schoolchildren.
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