BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate a linkage between nocturnal enuresis (NE), sleep disorders and GHrelease during childhood. METHODS: Were recruited 150 patients aged between 5 and 14 years (102 male and 48 female) (G1) affected by primary monosymptomatic-NEand a control group of 150 children aged between 5 and 14 years (80 male and 70 female) (G2). We administered the Epworth Sleepiness Scale-Child Adolescent (ESS-Chad) to measure the level of daytime sleepiness or average sleep propensity and we collected anthropometric data. RESULTS: In G1 the average percentiles about weight and height are respectively 66.5 (SD25.4) and 69.3 (SD24.4) and in G2 are 68.7 (SD26.3) and 68.1 (SD27.5). The unpaired t-test pointed out that there are no significant differences between G1 and G2. CONCLUSIONS: Our ipothesis needs to be examined in depth in future works.
Ferrara, P., Sannicandro, V., Spagnolo, A., Ianniello, F., Ruggiero, A., Sleep and arousal disturbances in enuretic children: Are there any effects on the height?, <<GAZZETTA MEDICA ITALIANA. ARCHIVIO PER LE SCIENZE MEDICHE>>, 2019; 178 (1-2): 19-21. [doi:10.23736/S0393-3660.18.03705-1] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/129254]
Sleep and arousal disturbances in enuretic children: Are there any effects on the height?
Ferrara, Pietro;Ruggiero, Antonio
2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to investigate a linkage between nocturnal enuresis (NE), sleep disorders and GHrelease during childhood. METHODS: Were recruited 150 patients aged between 5 and 14 years (102 male and 48 female) (G1) affected by primary monosymptomatic-NEand a control group of 150 children aged between 5 and 14 years (80 male and 70 female) (G2). We administered the Epworth Sleepiness Scale-Child Adolescent (ESS-Chad) to measure the level of daytime sleepiness or average sleep propensity and we collected anthropometric data. RESULTS: In G1 the average percentiles about weight and height are respectively 66.5 (SD25.4) and 69.3 (SD24.4) and in G2 are 68.7 (SD26.3) and 68.1 (SD27.5). The unpaired t-test pointed out that there are no significant differences between G1 and G2. CONCLUSIONS: Our ipothesis needs to be examined in depth in future works.
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