Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and School Functioning in Children

Ghent University Hospital (UZ)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder; Child Development; Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms; Quality of Life; Incontinence, Urinary; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; ASD; ADHD

Treatments: Other: Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire; Other: Questionnaire concerning LUTS, NDDs and treatment perceptions; Other: Questionnaire about policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom; Other: Questionnaire Welbevinden; Other: Questionnaire Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06012903

BC-11326

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 250 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

250 participants in 3 patient groups

Parents

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome

Other: Questionnaire concerning LUTS, NDDs and treatment perceptions

Other: Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire

Children

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire Welbevinden

Teachers

Treatment:

Other: Questionnaire about policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom