Effect of Use of DryNites Absorbent Pants on the Rate of Spontaneous Resolution of Paediatric Nocturnal Enuresis (NE)

Children with severe monosymptomatic NE between 4 and 8 years of age were recruited from study centers in Denmark, Belgium, and the UK. All participants had used absorbents pandt of any manufacturer for at least the previous 6 months. Participants fulfilling the inclusion criteria entered a 4-week run-in period during which they slept wearing the intervention absorbent pant. To be eligible for randomization, participants needed to have 7/7 wet nights in the last week of the run-in period. Eligible participants were then randomly assigned (2:1) to either discontinuation or continuation of absorbent pants for the 4-week core intervention period. The children sleeping without absorbent pants were permitted to sleep with an absorbent bed mat instead. No behavioral changes such as fluid restriction or lifting the child to the toilet when the parents went to bed were allowed in either group. After completing the core intervention period, participants were invited to take part in a 4-week extension period, during which they would remain on their randomly assigned treatment. Number of wet nights were assesed during the study using an electronic diary. Quality- of- life (QoL) and sleep parameters were assessed using the following validated questionnaires: Paediatric Incontinence Questionnaire (PinQ), World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version Paediatric Daytime Sleepiness Scale (PDSS), and Checklist Individual Strength. Questionnaires were completed jointly by children and parents.