Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and School Functioning in Children

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.

Conditions

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

Interventions

OTHER

Questionnaire Welbevinden

A validated questionnaire recommended by the Flemish inspection of education to measure well-being in primary school children of the 4th, 5th and 6th grade.

OTHER

Questionnaire Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome

Vancouver symptom score for dysfunctional elimination syndrome, Dutch version, validated by 't Hoen et al. 2016.

OTHER

Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire

Validated Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire, Dutch version includes assessment of motor functioning.

OTHER

Questionnaire concerning LUTS, NDDs and treatment perceptions

Unvalidated, complementary questions including the presence of LUTS, earlier diagnosis of bladder and/or boweldysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders and perception concerning treatment characteristics.

OTHER

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

These unvalidated questionnaire was based on the questionnaire developed by Ko et al. (2016) about the school's policies and practices regarding children's toilet use and drinking habits in the classroom, covering students in grades one through six. Epidemiological questions related to LUTS were added to complement the questionnaire.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Ghent

  collaborator OTHER

• University Hospital, Ghent

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Ellen Vandamme, MD · University Hospital, Ghent

• Bieke Samijn, PhD · University Ghent

Eligibility

Min Age

5 Years

Max Age

12 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-10-06

Primary Completion

2025-06-06

Completion

2025-06-06

Countries

• Belgium

Study Locations