ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the emotional state and its influencing factors in children with nocturnal enuresis,so as to improve clinical attention and give appropriate intervention.Methods Totally 166 nocturnal enuresis patients aged 9 -15 years old were admitted to Beijing Children′s Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from August 2011 to August 2014.Specifically,Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders (SCARED)and Depres-sive Self -Rating Scale for Childhood (DSRSC)were utilized to test the patients′emotional state.The comparison be-tween the general norm data of the healthy children and the psychological test of enuresis children were performed,the lat-ter emotional state and its influence factors were evaluated.Analysis of variance and t -test were performed.Frequency comparison was done by using χ2 test.Influence factors analysis was made by Logistic or multiple regression analysis. Results The incidence of children′s anxiety with enuresis was 39.2%(65 /166 cases).Anxiety overall scores of children with enuresis amounted to 21 .16 ±11 .88 which were significantly higher than the norm(14.40 ±9.41 )(P 0.05).The emotional disorders mainly appeared in patients with primary enuresis,without family history,poor grade and poor relationships with family members and peers.The school performance was an important factor for enuresis patients with anxiety disorders(P <0.05).Conclusions Children with nocturnal enuresis are more likely to have anxiety disorders than normal children.Their emotional states is related to the enuresis type,family history,school performance, family and peer relationship.Therefore,attention should be paid to the emotional state of children with nocturnal enuresis. According to the adverse factors for nocturnal enuresis patients,effective treatment and appropriate psychological interven-tion should be given at the same time.