Prevalence and Impact on Quality of Life of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) in Night Workers

Jagiellonian University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: To Evaluate Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and Their Impact on Quality of Life in Night Workers

Treatments: Other: There will be no intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04124874

1072.6120.200.2019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The first large population-based study to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms and their impact on quality of life in night workers.

Full description

The first large population-based study to evaluate lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and their impact on quality of life in night workers. The study objective is to assess the prevalence and bother of LUTS in the population of night workers.

This study will be conducted as a questionnaire survey with assessment of LUTS using a standardized protocol based on definitions by the International Continence Society (ICS). The International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), the Overactive Bladder- Validated 8-question Screener (OAB-V8), the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), the Athen Insomnia Scale, the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI), the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) questionnaires will be included. Participants will be also asked to rate how often they experienced individual LUTS and the degree of associated bother.

Enrollment: 10,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Night workers defined as any workers, who, during night time, work at least three hours of their daily working time as a normal course or who work at night at least 1/4 of their working time during the accounting period (definition by the Polish Labour Code).

Exclusion criteria

Non night workers Urinary tract infection in the past 4 weeks