Early childhood psychological factors and risk for bedwetting at school age in a UK cohort

摘要: There is evidence for a link between psycho- logical factors and bedwetting, but the direction of this association unclear. Using data on 8769 children from Avon Longitudinal Study Parents Children, we examined whether difficult temperament (Toddler Temperament Scale at 24 months; Emotionality Activity Sociability Questionnaire 38 months) psychologi- cal problems (Revised Rutter Parent Preschool Children 42 are linked to bedwetting school age. We these risk fac- tors different patterns 4 9 years using multinomial regression. Difficult psychological in early childhood were associ- ated with increased odds 4-9 years. The strongest associations most often found pat- tern that was both frequent (at least twice week) persistent (up age 9) e.g. traits 'adaptability' 'mood' associated 33 % increase (95 confidence interval = 1.14-1.55) 27 (1.10-1.47) respectively per- sistent per one standard deviation