analyzing the relationship between addiction to video gaming and primary monosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis in children

Background: nocturnal enuresis is defined as urinary incontinence in children more than five years of age, who are adequately mature to achieve continence of urination. objectives: aim of this was to study children with primary mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis in regards to video gaming addiction. methods: in total, 200 children, 100 healthy children as the control group and 100 children with primary mono-symptomatic nocturnal enuresis as the case group, were evaluated. epidemiologic, video gaming, and nocturnal enuresis information were collected and analyzed by the spss software, and significant differences (p < 0.05) were considered. results: children with primarymonosymptomatic nocturnal enuresis were more prone to video gaming addiction compared with healthy children (p < 0.0001). conclusions: video gaming addiction has a significant impact on primary monosymptomatic nocturnal, thus control of stressful factors, instead of pharmacotherapy, can reduce this condition as a symptom.