Timed voiding is an important part of urotherapy, the preferred first management option in children with urinary incontinence. A Danish randomized controlled trial has shown that the use of a watch set with alarms to remind the child to void significantly improves adherence to the timed voiding regimen, resulting in better daytime continence.
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Palmer, L. Clock-watching: timer-assisted urotherapy improves continence. Nat Rev Urol 8, 13–14 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.204
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