Nocturnal enuresis in children: Parents' perspectives.
Wen-Jiao Huang, Yuan-Yuan Liang, Qian Yang and 1 others
PMID 35661439WHAT IT FOUND
Parents of children with bedwetting reported high uncertainty.
In 247 parents, uncertainty was linked to work status, income and treatment duration, and tracked with anxiety.
Key findings
01The 247 parents had a high mean illness uncertainty score of 81.18 and a mean anxiety score of 41.86.
02Parents' work status, household income, and child's treatment time were the main factors associated with uncertainty in the regression model.
03Anxiety scores were positively correlated with total uncertainty and several uncertainty dimensions, but not with unpredictability.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional and used convenience sampling from one hospital's paediatric surgery clinic, so it cannot show cause and may not represent other parents. All data were parent self-report; children were not directly assessed, and no objective bedwetting outcome was measured. The paper's text and Table 2 give different values for treatment time and insurance, so the treatment-time association needs checking. The anxiety result is a mean score, not a diagnosis, and the study did not test whether reducing uncertainty or anxiety changes care.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. The named funder was Sichuan University.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that unemployment, low income, or longer treatment caused higher uncertainty. The study measured parents at one time and tested no intervention.