Incidence of Enuresis and Encopresis Among Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a Population-Based Birth Cohort

• Published in: Academic pediatrics Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 322 - 327
• Main Authors: Mellon, Michael W., PhD, Natchev, Brooke E., MA, Katusic, Slavica K., MD, Colligan, Robert C., PhD, Weaver, Amy L., MS, Voigt, Robert G., MD, Barbaresi, William J., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2013
• Subjects: ADHD; Adolescent; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - epidemiology; birth cohort; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; encopresis; Encopresis - epidemiology; enuresis; Enuresis - epidemiology; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine; Pediatrics; Retrospective Studies; ADHD; encopresis; birth cohort; incidence; enuresis

Abstract Objective This study reports the incidence of enuresis and encopresis among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) versus those without ADHD. Methods Subjects included 358 children (74.5% boys) with research-identified ADHD from a 1976 to 1982 population-based birth c...