[A study of conditioning treatment of nocturnal enuresis by buzzer alarms]

A study of conditioning treatment with a buzzer alarm was made on 50 children with functional enuresis. The treatment was completely effective in 28 patients (56%), satisfactorily effective in 12 patients (24%), fairly effective in 9 patients (18%) and ineffective in 1 patient (2%). COmbining the numbers of the completely effective and satisfactorily effective groups, the cured rate was 80%. Within 3 months, 26% of the subjects were completely cured and 2% satisfactorily cured, and within 6 months, 44% were completely cured and 16% satisfactorily cured. This means that 60% were satisfactorily cured or better within 6 months. Though symptom of enuresis relapsed in 5 patients, all of them were finally cured. The treatment of enuresis with the alarm system was significantly more effective than medical treatment using tricyclic antidepressants and so on, and was assessed as the most successful treatment available at the present time.