EVALUATION OF THE ANXIETY AND ANGER STATUS OF PATIENTS WITH ENURESIS NOCTURNA AND THEIR MOTHERS

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the anxiety and anger status of children with primary enuresis nocturna and the behavioral problems of their mothers. Materials and Methods: The study included 97 children diagnosed as primary enuresis nocturna and their mothers. Sixty six healthy children and their mothers were included as control group. All children filled out State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and their mothers filled out Anger Expression Inventory. Findings: The mean of the patients age was 10.44±1.18 years. The mean score of State Anxiety Scale in the patient group and control group were 37.96±5.21 and 29.31±2.45 respectively. The mean score of Trait Anxiety Scale, the patient group and control group were 40.42 ± 6.01 and 30.59 ± 2.11 respectively (p=0.00; p=0.00). ？？？？？？？？？？？？？？ The mean scores of the anger subgroup of the mothers in the patient group and control group were 30.75±3.56 and 19.24±3.99 respectively (p =0,00). In the sub-group of anger control, the mean scores of the mothers of ？patient and control？ group were 17.38 ± 4.74 ？and 24.06 ± 4.41 (p=0.00). In the sub-group of Anger-Out, the mean scores of the patient and control group were 20.30±3.82 and 16.93±4.38 (p=0,00) respectively.？ In the sub group of Anger-In,？ the mean scores of the mothers of patient and control group were 16.98 ± 4.31 and 22.22 ± 5.10 (p=0.00) respectively. Result: It should be kept in mind that enuresis causes significant anxiety in children and may cause psychological effects on their mothers