TY - JOUR T1 - Primary enuresis: relative success of three methods of treatment JF - Canadian Medical Association Journal JO - CMAJ SP - 953 LP - 955 VL - 113 IS - 10 AU - J. B. McKendry AU - D. A. Stewart AU - F. Khanna AU - C. Netley Y1 - 1975/11/22 UR - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/113/10/953.abstract N2 - A total of 169 children with primary enuresis were treated by one of three methods--use of a special diet, imipramine, or a waking device (the Mozes detector). Of 64 who received the diet 1 (1.6%) was cured; of 62 who were treated with imipramine 13 (20.9%) were cured; and of 43 who used the detector 23 (53.5%) were cured. Results at follow-up remained substantially unchanged for cure. Improvement rate without cure during treatment was higher for the children treated with imipramine than for those treated with the detector, but at follow-up the reverse was true. Parents of children who received the special diet, because they were unimpressed by the rate of improvement, would not permit their children to continue this form of therapy for longer than 1 or 2 months. ER -