LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOMS

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
• Interventions: Other: Survey study

• Registration Number: NCT06505954
• Lead Sponsor: University of Gaziantep

Brief Summary

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) are observed in individuals with pathologies affecting the lower urinary system, such as detrusor overactivity, sphincter weakness, or sensory bladder disorder. LUTS can be categorized into storage, voiding, and post-micturition symptoms. Storage problems include increased frequency of urination, nocturia, urinary urgency, and incontinence. Voiding symptoms include decreased urine flow rate, hesitancy, and terminal dribbling, while post-micturition symptoms include post-micturition dribble and a sensation of incomplete bladder emptying. The prevalence of LUTS increases with age and is influenced by factors such as metabolic syndrome, gender, caffeine consumption habits, chronic psychological stress, bladder dysfunction, smoking, alcohol use, and constipation.

This study aims to investigate the prevalence of LUTS and contributing factors among medical students, a young population undergoing a stressful educational process.

A 43-question survey was prepared for all medical students from years 1 to 6. The survey included the Constipation Scoring System (CSS) to evaluate constipation, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) score to assess anxiety levels, and the Core Lower Urinary Tract Symptom Score (CLSS) to query LUTS. The survey also collected data on participants' dietary habits, smoking, alcohol and caffeine consumption, living conditions, age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and educational level. The study was approved by the local ethics committee of Gaziantep University (approval number 2024/234).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-12
• Status Verified: 2024-07
• Study First Submitted: 2024-07-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-17
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-17
• Primary Completion: 2024-07-30
• Study Completion: 2024-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 278

Inclusion Criteria

-All medical students from committee 1 to 6.

Exclusion Criteria

• Participants who filled out the survey questions incompletely or incorrectly
• Participants who had additional diseases
• Participants who used medication for psychiatric or cardiac reasons
• Participants who had undergone surgery that could affect bladder function

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Survey study	Participant who has lower urinary tract symptoms

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms	Last six months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Contributing factors	Last six months	data on participants' dietary habits, smoking, alcohol and caffeine consumption, living conditions, age, gender, body mass index (BMI), and educational level,anxiety level and constipation degree will be assessed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gaziantep University; 🇹🇷 Gaziantep, Şehitkamil, Turkey