From the Departments of Pediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku-Ozalla Enugu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Anyanwu, O.U., From the Departments of Pediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; Ibekwe, R.C., University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku-Ozalla Enugu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; Orji, M.L., From the Departments of Pediatrics, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
Objective: To study the association of nocturnal enuresis with sleep, behavior and school performance. Methods: Hospital-based, cross-sectional descriptive study of 216 children (≥6-year-old) using structured questionnaire and behavioral tools. Results: Prevalence of enuresis was 37.0%. Nocturnal enuresis was significantly associated with abnormal behaviour (P=0.049) and poor sleep hygiene (P<0.05). School performance was not associated with enuresis. Conclusion: Children with nocturnal enuresis were at an increased risk of behavioral problems and poor sleep hygiene. © 2015, Indian Academy of Pediatrics.
abnormal behavior; academic achievement; Article; child; child behavior; cross-sectional study; disease association; female; high risk behavior; human; hygiene; major clinical study; male; Nigerian; nocturnal enuresis; prevalence; punishment; sex ratio; sleep; structured questionnaire; wakefulness; Child Behavior Disorders; comorbidity; Nigeria; nocturnal enuresis; physiology; questionnaire; sleep; Sleep Wake Disorders; student; Child; Child Behavior Disorders; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Nigeria; Nocturnal Enuresis; Sleep; Sleep Wake Disorders; Students; Surveys and Questionnaires