Quality of Life And Psychological Symptoms In Children With Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS)

Quality of Life And Psychological Symptoms In Children With Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00743665

Enrollment

Registered

2008-08-29

Start date

2007-06-30

Completion date

2017-10-31

Last updated

2018-03-23

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Conditions

Vomiting Syndrome

Keywords

Youth, consensus, criteria, CVS

Brief summary

The primary aim of this study is to characterize the quality of life of youth with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome (CVS) as well as the strategies they use to cope with stress, their strengths and vulnerabilities, and to assess symptoms of depression and anxiety in these at risk youth. The impact of CVS on the child's parent and family will also be assessed. A second aim is to evaluate the associations among coping strategies, personal strengths and vulnerabilities and the frequency and intensity of CVS attacks to determine if particular coping styles and personal characteristics are associated illness severity, psychiatric co-morbidity and quality of life

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

2 Years to 12 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of CVS

Exclusion criteria

* Children and parents who are not English speaking * Youth with significant developmental delay, mental retardation, psychotic symptoms, or other significant mental impairments and those with other major medical disorders such as IDDM, congenital heart disease, cystic fibrosis, etc.

Outcome results