Adolescence Articles

Adolescents with continence problems experience unique threats to their psychological well-being, but long-term mental health sequelae are unknown.

To examine prospective relationships between incontinence/lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and mental health problems in young people.

Several publications have reported the coexistence of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and bladder dysfunction in children. Whether this dysfunction remains in the longer term is not yet known.

This study revisited children who participated in the Swedish Reflux Trial (SRT) with the primary aim of evaluating whether bladder and bowel dysfunction (BBD) in these patients persisted until adolescence.

Nocturnal enuresis is generally considered a children's condition, yet it may persist 1%-2% in adolescence and early adulthood. Refractory patients often demand follow-up by multidisciplinary teams, which is only restricted to some of the expert tertiary centers.