Document Type
Capstone
Abstract
Occupational therapy (OT) practitioners are skilled in identifying meaningful and purposeful activities to use and facilitate a client's independence in working towards their goals. A goal in which OT practitioners can work with pediatric clients towards is increasing bladder continence, especially at night. Children who have difficulty with bladder incontinence at night, also called nocturnal enuresis (NE), may demonstrate poor social skills and social participation, and decreased sensory registration. Occupational therapy practitioners can work with clients to increase independence towards bladder continence through focused intervention on sensory integration, social skills training, and the use of a daily bladder input/output diary that provides insight into environmental factors that may impact continence. An in-service was provided to pediatric OT practitioners in western North Carolina on the benefits of the use of a daily bladder diary as an intervention for the treatment of NE. The OT practitioners who participated in the in-service report increased confidence and competence with providing this intervention when treating NE. A daily bladder diary can improve a child's body awareness and provide objective data to the therapist and parents/caregivers to create a holistic treatment plan that may facilitate a decrease in NE.
Publication Date
4-25-2023
Recommended Citation
Vesely, Julianne, "Effect of Using a Daily Bladder Diary to Decrease Frequency of Nocturnal Enuresis in Children" (2023). MOT Student Capstones. 12.
https://riches.cabarruscollege.edu/mot-student-capstones/12
