AQUAPed: Validation Study of AQUA© Questionnaire Modified for Childhood

Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03286894

7/2017_D

Details and patient eligibility

About

The AQUA© questionnaire developed in 2008 is a validated tools for the screening of allergic diseases in adult athletes. The objective of the present study is to develop and validate a modified version of the AQUA© questionnaire to be used in childhood. In this phase, the validation is intended to assess the reliability of the information collected through the AQUA© modified version: question difficulty and response patterns with respect to children characteristics (in particular age, sex and physical activity). In particular, the focus will be on the "core questions", i.e. the indicators of allergic disorders. This is a cross-sectional study on 1264 healthy schoolchildren aged 8 to 14 years.

Enrollment: 1,264 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 14 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aforementioned sex and age criteria.

Exclusion criteria

• Respiratory infections in the previous 3 weeks;
• Immunological or metabolic systemic disease;
• Major malformations of the upper airways;
• Active smoker.

Trial design

1,264 participants in 1 patient group

1264 healthy schoolchildren

Description:

There is only one study group consisting of 1264 children recruited at school.