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Overlearning in the conditioning treatment of enuresis |
Young GC, Morgan RT |
Behaviour Research and Therapy 1972 May;10(2):147-151 |
clinical trial |
3/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed* |
A prelapse rate of approximately one third following the conditioning treatment of childhood enuresis is commonly reported. A procedure of "overlearning" in which the child is instructed to drink two pints of liquid in the last hour before retiring is suggested as a means of strengthening the resistance of the learned response to extinction. Overlearning therapy was given to 61 cases randomly allocated from a total sample of 144 patients at a special investifation clinic. It was found to significantly reduce the relapse rate without increasing the likelihood of patients terminating treatment prematurely. Abandoning unsuccessful attempts at overlearning was not found to affect relapse, nor to increase the likelihood of termination.
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