RESUMO
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of different nursing interventions on nocturnal enuresis of school age children. A convenient sample of 100 school age children suffering from mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis and their parents who attended the outpatient clinics of pediatric and Urology departments at Assiut University Hospital included in the study. The subjects were randomly assigned into four groups: group [I] received motivational interventions, group [II] received motivational and bladder-training interventions, group [III] received motivational interventions and used enuresis alarm and group [IV] received drug therapy. Data was collected through interview using a structured questionnaire sheet and a calendar where the parents sign in front of the wet nights. Instructional handouts about the different interventions were developed and given to children and their parents. Children were followed for three times. The study revealed that children who received motivational and bladder training interventions had significantly the highest prevalence of cure followed by those received motivational intervention and used enuretic alarm, then those who received motivational intervention only. Children who were on drug therapy had the lowest cure percent throughout the study period and the highest relapse rate at six months. The present study concluded that the combination of motivational and bladder training interventions were superior to enuresis alarm and the drug therapy. Combined nursing interventions should be encouraged in the management of children with nocturnal enuresis