Enema Regimen in Pediatric Bladder Dysfunction

SINTOMAS URINÁRIOS E INTESTINAIS EM CRIANÇAS DA REDE PÚBLICA DE ENSINO FUNDAMENTAL

Objetivo:levantar a ocorrência de sintomas urinários e intestinais em crianças da rede pública de ensino fundamental da capital paranaense. Método: estudo quantitativo, exploratório-descritivo e de corte transversal. Amostra de pais/responsáveis que preencheram os seguintes instrumentos: Dysfunctional Voiding Scoring System; critérios de Roma IV; escala de Bristol. Análise realizada pelo IBM SPSS Statistics v.20.0. Os dados foram coletados no período de agosto a outubro de 2019. Os critérios de inclusão eram a criança estar matriculada e frequentando regularmente o ensino fundamental e a entrega do questionário preenchido ou parcialmente preenchido. Resultados: Foram entregues 458 questionários. Dos totalmente preenchidos, 51,9% era de meninas, e a de idade foi de 7,7 anos; 83% das crianças apresentaram algum sintoma urinário e/ou intestinal de baixa gravidade. Sem diferença significativa de sintomas entre sexos, e com acréscimo significativo de gravidade em crianças com 7 anos ou menos. Sintomas mais prevalentes: frequência miccional reduzida, frequência evacuatória reduzida, esforço evacuatório, urgência miccional e manobras de contenção; 39,6% das crianças apresentavam Constipação Intestinal Funcional. Disfunção vesical e intestinal em 35 crianças, a maior prevalência no sexo feminino. Conclusão: alta ocorrência de sintomas urinários e intestinais nas crianças. O sintoma mais prevalente foi constipação.

URINARY AND INTESTINAL SYMPTOMS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN

Objective: survey the occurrence of urinary and intestinal symptoms in children from public elementary schools in the capital of Paraná. Method: quantitative, exploratory-descriptive and cross-sectional study. Sample of parents/ guardians who completed the following instruments: Dysfunctional Voiding Scoring System; Rome IV criteria; Bristol scale. Analysis performed by IBM SPSS Statistics v.20.0. Data were collected from August to October 2019. Inclusion criteria were the child being enrolled and regularly attending elementary school and the delivery of the completed or partially completed questionnaire. Results: 458 questionnaires were delivered. Of those fully completed, 51.9% were girls, and the age was 7.7 years; 83% of the children had some urinary and/or intestinal symptoms of low severity. There was no significant difference in symptoms between genders, and with a significant increase in severity in children aged 7 years and under. Most prevalent symptoms: reduced voiding frequency, reduced defecation frequency, defecation effort, voiding urgency and containment maneuvers; 39.6% of the children had Functional Intestinal Constipation. Bladder and bowel dysfunction in 35 children, the highest prevalence in females. Conclusion: high occurrence of urinary and intestinal symptoms in children. The most prevalent symptom was constipation.

Urotherapy in the treatment of children and adolescents with bladder and bowel dysfunction: a systematic review

OBJECTIVE

To identify and describe the protocols and clinical outcomes of urotherapy interventions in children and adolescents with bladder bowel dysfunction.

METHOD

Systematic review carried out in June 2018 on Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL),Excerpta Medica dataBASE (EMBASE), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Cochrane Library, and PsycInfo databases. Clinical trials and quasi-experimental studies carried out in the last ten years in children and/or adolescents with bladder and bowel symptoms and application of at least one component of urotherapy were included.

RESULTS

Thirteen clinical trials and one quasi-experimental study were included, with moderate methodological quality. The heterogeneity of the samples and of the methodological design of the articles prevented the performance of a meta-analysis. The descriptive analysis through simple percentages showed symptom reduction and improvement of uroflowmetry parameters. The identified urotherapy components were: educational guidance, water intake, caffeine reduction, adequate voiding position, pelvic floor training, programmed urination, and constipation control/management.

CONCLUSION

This review indicates positive results in terms of symptom reduction and uroflowmetry parameter improvement with standard urotherapy as the first line of treatment for children and adolescents with bladder bowel dysfunction. It is recommended that future studies bring contributions regarding the frequency, number, and time of urotherapy consultations.