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PUBLIC
FORUM ON NOCTURNAL ENURESIS
Introduction
The
Society for Continence (Singapore) and the Pediatric Society of
Singapore jointly organised a public forum on nocturnal enuresis
on March 20 1999 at the Crown Prince Hotel. Two sessions were held
one in Mandarin and the other in English. Due to overwhelming response
a third public forum was held on 29 March 1999 for those who could
not be accommodated in the earlier sessions. A total of 1,200 parents
attended the public forums.
The
speakers included Dr Chao Sin Ming, consultant paediatrician from
KK Women’s & Children’s Hospital; Dr Ng Koon Hock,
consultant child psychiatrist from Institute of Health; Dr Gong
Wei Kin, paediatrician and overseas invited speaker, Prof Kelm Hjalmas
from Sweden.
Dr
Chao Sin Ming gave an overview of enuresis, its definition, incidence,
causes and principles of treatment. Dr Ng Koon Hock on the other
hand, talked about the psychological aspects of the condition, focusing
on the ways for parents and family members to cope with the problem.
Prof Klem Hjalmas participated during the third public forum providing
a simplified pathophysiology of enuresis.
A lively
question and answer session, moderated by Dr Peter Lim, followed
the lectures. The audience fielded various queries to the doctors
to clarity different points in the lecture. The audience fielded
various queries to the doctors to clarify different points in the
lecture. Several presented specific cases and actual problem situations
for opinion and discussion by the panel.
Following
the public forums, a General Practitioners’ workshop on Nocturnal
Enuresis was held. The participating faculty included Dr Chao Sin
Ming; A/Prof Yap Hui Kim from National University Hospital and Dr
Peter H C Lim, consultant urologist from Changi General Hospital.
Dr Chao Sin Ming gave an overview of nocturnal enuresis and discussed
the different treatment options to address the problem. She also
presented the results of a local study on the efficacy of desmopressin
among Singaporean enuretics. Dr Lim gave the urologists’ approach
in the management of the problem. Lastly, Prof K Hjalmas introduced
the concept of bladder pretreatment, a type of behavioural modification
to increase the efficacy of desmopressin.
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