PRİMER ENÜREZİS NOKTURNA TANILI ÇOCUKLARIN ANNELERİNİN YAŞAM KALİTESİNİN BELİRLENMESİ

Aim: This study aims to determine the quality of life of mother of children and adolescents diagnosed with primary nocturnal enuresis (PAN). Material and method: This study was performed using face to face interview technique on their mother of children and adolescents admitted to department pediatric nephrology in Gaziantep Children Hospital between 15.03.2014 and 11.05.2014. Participants were informed prior to the study and mothers giving consent were included in the study. Mothers with chronic and psychiatric diseases were excluded from the study. WHOQOL-Bref Quality of Life Scale of World Health Organization was used to assess the quality of life. Participants diagnosed with PEN and without PEN were evaluated in two groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 statistical software package. No statistically significant p<0.05 was considered significant. Results: As scores of mothers of patients with diagnosed with PEN were evaluated physically 23:06 ± 3.46 (p=0.135), social 10.98 ± 2.10 (p=0.645) and environmental 27.49 ± 4.62 (p=0.924), in the control group physically 22.62 ± 3.75, social 10.78 ± 2:56 and environmental scores were 27.63 ± 5:03. Mental scores were higher in mothers of patients (p=0.023). Other dimensions were found similar. While in our study quality life scores of mothers of patients diagnosed with PEN were evaluated 3.27±0.68, 3.49±0.94 (p=0.156) in control group. Conclusion: Life quality of both groups were found similar. We found that the life quality of their mother in children diagnosed with PEN were not detected negative effect