'Try For Dry' Program May Curb Bedwetting

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology;  Nursing / Midwifery
Article Date: 19 Aug 2008 - 1:00 PST

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Up to 20% of five to seven-year-old children experience bedwetting, and an effective treatment currently does not exist. In her article, Dawn Diaz Saldano examines bedwetting remission rates after children received one of two treatment options - an algorithm-based multimodal plan, Try for Dry (includes use of an alarm, pharmacology and managed diet), or a non-Try for Dry treatment plan (parents select and administer single aspects of the Try for Dry program).

The authors found children treated with the Try for Dry method sustained dryness (no bedwetting incidents) significantly longer than those treated with other methods. The authors note that the study did not correlate bladder capacity with relapse and recommend future studies examining outcomes.

"Sustainability of Remission of Pediatric Primary Nocturnal Enuresis - Comparison of Remission Using Try for Dry vs. Non-Try for Dry Treatment Plans"
Dawn Diaz Saldano, MSN, APN, CPNP, et al
Urologic Nursing; August 2008

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