Comparing efficacy neurofeedback & transcranial electrical stimulation (TDCS) on emotional disorders of children with enuresis

Emotional disorders include emotions in children and adolescents that are not appropriate to their age, not consistent with their cultural status. Studies have reported on the effect of neurofeedback and TDCS are effective to improvement of emotional disorders. there was a research gap in comparing the effect of these two on emotional disorders in children with enuresis.

the aim of this study to compare the efficacy of neurofeedback and TDCS on emotional disorders in children with enuresis.

Research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post- test, three-month follow-up with control group. The statistical population of this research was all children suffering from nocturnal enuresis who referred to Educational consulting centers of district 5 of Tehranin 1400. The sampling method was purposive and (considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria), 60 children were selected, and then randomly assigned to three groups of 20 people. The research tool was Rutter's emotional behavioral problems questionnaire (1991). neurofeedback and TDCS intervention programs were used in the experimental groups. The control group did not receive treatment and the data was analyzed using the statistical test of mixed analysis of variance.

There is a significant difference between the average scores of pre-test, post-test and follow-up scores of emotional disorders in the three phases of pre-test, post-test and treatment follow-up. onsidering the average differences and the fact that the average of the neurofeedback group was higher than the transcranial electrical stimulation group. The results of the Bonferroni test showed that the neurofeedback method was more effective on the emotional disorders of children with enuresis.

With both methods of neurofeedback & TDCS (especially neurofeedback) emotional disorders of children with enuresis can be reduced. neurofeedback intervention is more effective in treating to children with enuresis.