A randomised controlled trial of a code game alarm compared with a standard alarm for treating nocturnal enuresis

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/570761

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Bedwetting affects 10% of school-aged children. It has psychosocial and cognitive effects on sufferers which is reversible with appropriate treatment. First line treatment for bedwetting is alarm therapy. 1-3 fail alarm treatment becaues of not waking to alarm noise. A novel alarm which enhances wakening has been developed and predicts to be 80-95% effective. This study compares the novel alarm to a standard alarm for treating bedwetting.This simple devise can be used in the home setting.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2011

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $349,740.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Community Child Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Behaviour intervention | Child health | Incontinence | Optimum treatment | Paediatrics | Randomised controlled trial | Sleep wake patterns | Treatment efficacy | Urinary incontinence

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