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Introduction: All children sometimes misbehave and some may have temporary behavioral problems due to stress. For example, the birth of a sibling, a divorce, or a death in the family may cause a child to act out. Behavior disorders are more serious. They involve a pattern of hostile, aggressive, or disruptive behaviors for more than 6 months. The behavior is also not appropriate for the child's age. Nocturnal enuresis (NE) is one of the most frequent pediatric pathologies. The prevalence of primary nocturnal enuresis (PNE) is around 9% in children aged 5-10 years and about 40% of them have one or more episodes per week. Materials and Methods: in this study, we recruited 146 children with MPNE and 146 healthy children without MPNE aged 6-18 years old. The children behavioral checklist for children behavioral assessment was completed by the parents. Data was analyzed using ANOVA and chi- square tests. Results: Among 292 children in both groups, somatic complaints, thought problems, delinquent problems, social problems, and ADHD were not significantly different between cases and controls while internalization, externalization, anxiety- depression, aggressive behaviors, isolation-depression, and affective-behavioral problems were significantly different. Conclusions: Considering the results of this study, the higher prevalence of behavioral problems in children with MPNE highlights the importance of early intervention for better treatment and prevention of behavioral problem in children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Kidney transplantation is recognized as the optimal therapy for children with ESRD. We performed this study to compare the children's behavioral problems and their parents' function in pediatric patients with Kidney transplantation in Arak Amir Kabir Hospital. Materials and Methods: To perform this case-control study, we recruited 29 children with renal transplantation and compared them with 29 healthy children aged 5-14 years old. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL4/18) was used for the assessment of the children's behavioral problems and Global Assessment of functioning (GAF) was employed for the evaluation of their parents' behaviors. Results: Among 29 patients with RTR, anxiety/depression, somatic complaints, social problems, and attention problem were demonstrated in 65.5%, 55.1%, 51.7%, and 76%, respectively. We found a significant difference between cases and controls. Delinquent and aggressive behavior was not seen in two groups. As a significant difference, the parents' mean stress and behavior score in case and control groups was 22.4% and 63.1%, respectively. Conclusions: The higher prevalence of behavioral problems in the renal transplant recipients and their parent's functional impairment highlights the importance of early parental intervention for early prevention of future behavioral problems in their siblings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]