Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and School Functioning in Children

Recruiting

• Conditions: Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Quality of Life; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Incontinence, Urinary; ADHD; Developmental Coordination Disorder; ASD; Child Development
• Interventions: Other: Questionnaire Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome; Other: Questionnaire about policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom; Other: Questionnaire Welbevinden; Other: Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire; Other: Questionnaire concerning LUTS, NDDs and treatment perceptions

• Registration Number: NCT06012903
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Ghent

Brief Summary

Children in primary school often suffer from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), which may negatively impact their overall well-being. Co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) can adversely affect children as well and can cause restrictions in their daily life, especially in their school-environment.

The goal of this observational study is to identify the prevalence of LUTS in Flemish primary school children.The main questions it aims to answer are:

* How prevalent are LUTS in regular primary education?

* Is there a relation with well-being in school environment?

* Is there an influence of co-occuring NDDs? Children, parents and teachers will be asked to fill in questionnaires related to this research question.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-10-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-31
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-08-21
• Study First Posted: 2023-08-28
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-12
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2025-06-06
• Study Completion: 2025-06-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

• Children in 4th-6th grade
• Parents whose children are in grades 1-6
• Teachers responsible for teaching children in grades 1-6
• Children who attend regular primary education
• Capable of speaking & comprehending Dutch

Exclusion Criteria

• High school students
• home-schooled children
• children who attend special needs education
• Language barrier to understanding Dutch

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Parents	Questionnaire Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome	-
Teachers	Questionnaire about policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom	-
Parents	Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire	-
Children	Questionnaire Welbevinden	-
Parents	Questionnaire concerning LUTS, NDDs and treatment perceptions	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
School functioning	through study completion from the children-group, 30 minutes	Quality of life in school environment, measured as the child's well-being about school functioning with the questionnaire Welbevinden.
Bladder and bowel dysfunction	through study completion from the parent-group, 25 minutes	Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms and/or bowel symptoms measured with the vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perception of treatment characteristics	through study completion of the parent-group, 25 minutes	Perception of parents about treatment characteristics for lower urinary tract symptoms are evaluated by means of a questionnaire including questions about treatment perceptions .
Influencing factors on school functioning	through study completion from the parent-, children- and teacher-group, 30 minutes	Prevalence and influence of neurodevelopmental disorders, school-related factors and LUTS. Results from the vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome, Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire, questions concerning neurodevelopmental disorders and a questionnaire about policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom will be correlated with results from the questionnaire Welbevinden.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ghent University Hospital/Ghent University; 🇧🇪 Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium