Table 4.
Parents’ explanations for the 10 most common symptoms
| Symptom | n | Number with explanation for symptom n (%) |
Most common explanations n (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polydipsia | 85 | 58 (68.2) | Hot weather | 19 (32.8) |
| Infection | 13 (22.4) | |||
| Activity/travel | 10 (17.2) | |||
| Polyuria | 73 | 47 (64.4) | Drinking more | 29 (61.7) |
| Urine infection | 6 (12.7) | |||
| Diabetes | 4 (8.5) | |||
| Tiredness | 66 | 44 (66.7) | School related | 12 (27.3) |
| Infection | 5 (11.9) | |||
| Nocturia | 4 (9.5) | |||
| Nocturia | 64 | 40 (62.5) | Drinking more | 26 (65.0) |
| Diabetes | 4 (10.0) | |||
| Urine infection | 3 (7.5) | |||
| Weight loss | 56 | 33 (58.9) | Growth related | 15 (45.5) |
| Decreased appetite | 4 (12.1) | |||
| Increased activity | 3 (9.1) | |||
| Changes in behaviour/mood | 48 | 31 (64.6) | Tiredness | 10 (32.3) |
| Age related/puberty | 7 (22.6) | |||
| Infection/illness | 6 (19.4) | |||
| Change in appetite | 45 | 28 (62.2) | Growth related | 14 (50.0) |
| Infection | 5 (17.9) | |||
| Holiday related | 2 (7.1) | |||
| Abdominal pain | 37 | 19 (51.4) | Infection | 4 (21.1) |
| School related | 3 (15.8) | |||
| Period pains | 3 (15.8) | |||
| Nocturnal enuresis | 33 | 23 (69.7) | Drinking more | 13 (56.5) |
| Tired | 4 (17.4) | |||
| School related | 3 (13.0) | |||
| Different smelling breath | 31 | 14 (45.2) | Poor dental hygiene | 4 (28.6) |
| Infection | 3 (21.4) | |||
| Diabetes | 3 (21.4) | |||