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[Prognosis for encopresis]
J L Serrano Luna1, A Sabater García
1Unidad Paidopsiquiatría, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
Insights
The duration of encopresis in children is shorter with secondary encopresis, good school performance, normal EEG, and positive test results. Factors like guilt or jealousy can prolong encopresis.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Child Psychology
Context:
- Encopresis affects children aged 3-12.
- Longitudinal study over eleven years.
- Limited research on encopresis evolution prediction.
Purpose:
- Determine factors influencing encopresis duration.
- Compare findings with existing literature.
- Predict encopresis evolution time.
Summary:
- Studied 100 children with encopresis (3-12 years) over 11 years.
- Analyzed pregnancy, delivery, and neonatal factors.
- Identified predictors for shortened encopresis duration: secondary encopresis, good scholastic performance, normal EEG, normal dark enema, higher Goodenough (C1) and Raven test scores, and absence of guilt, jealousy, or introversion.
Impact:
- Provides predictive factors for encopresis duration.
- Informs clinical management and prognosis.
- Highlights the role of psychological factors in encopresis.
Abstract:
Here is presented a study concerning a hundred children with encopresis, aged from three to twelve years old, controlled for eleven years, so that the period of its evolution can be determined. We have contrasted the data with that obtained by other authors referring to different parameters: pregnancy, delivery, neonatal pathology, etc. We have compared the study of the prediction concerning the time of its evolution, and we have only found two citations in the looked-up bibliography. We have concluded that this time of evolution will be the more shortened when it is a secondary encopresis, there is good scholastic performance, there aren't any disturbances in the EEG, when the dark enema is normal, because the C1 in the Goodenough test is bigger, and so is the percentage in the Raven test and when there is no feeling of guilt, jealousy or introversion.