1. Nocturnal enuresis in early adolescence and neurodevelopmental delay in infancy: A population‐based study
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Sho Kanata, Shuntaro Ando, Syudo Yamasaki, Shinya Fujikawa, Yuko Morimoto, Tomoki Kiyono, Masaya Morita, Mariko Hiraiwa‐Hasegawa, Atsushi Nishida, and Kiyoto Kasai
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adolescence ,epidemiology ,motor development ,nocturnal enuresis ,Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey ,Psychiatry ,RC435-571 - Abstract
Abstract Aim The neurodevelopmental delay hypothesis may explain the mechanism of nocturnal enuresis (NE), but whether the hypothesis holds in early adolescence remains unknown, considering NE frequency. Therefore, we aimed to identify whether neurodevelopmental delays in infancy were associated with the frequency of NE in early adolescence. Methods Data were extracted from the Tokyo Early Adolescence Survey, in which 4478 children (mean age: 10.2 years) and their parents participated. Twelve developmental delays (eight motor, four verbal) were extracted from the Maternal and Child Health Handbook. The NE frequency was obtained from a parent‐answered questionnaire, which divided children into three categories according to DSM‐5 criteria (none, infrequent [
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- 2024
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