Epidemiological Study of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and School Functioning in Children in Regular Elementary School
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
- Enrollment
- 250
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- School functioning
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
School functioning
Time Frame: 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
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- Perception of treatment characteristics(through study completion of the parent-group, 25 minutes)
- Influencing factors on school functioning(through study completion from the parent-, children- and teacher-group, 30 minutes)