ON THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NOCTURNAL ENURESIS - A CRITICAL-REVIEW OF METHODS USED IN DESCRIPTIVE EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES ON NOCTURNAL ENURESIS

Existing descriptive epidemiology of enuresis nocturna does not give a reliable foundation for analytical and interventive studies. Valid an d comparable data are scarce and quantitative as well as qualitative a spects need to be discussed more for this affliction with its complex background of biological and socio-cultural determinants. Studies on r andomly selected population are few which further complicates generali zations and comparisons. Bedwetting is a proper challenge for an inter disciplinary research approach.