Somatization, Anxiety, and Disordered Sleep in Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis

October 19, 2022 updated by: Seema Aceves, University of California, San Diego

A Pilot Study of Somatization, Anxiety and Sleep Disorders in Pediatric Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Eosinophilic esophagitis

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Detailed Description

In order to decrease disease burden and the perception of disease burden, investigators need to understand the symptoms and severity of anxiety, disordered sleep, and somatization and how these parameters align with symptoms and quality of life in pediatric EoE. To assess the burden of these parameters in children with EoE, investigators will conduct a single center pilot study of 60 children with EoE using validated indexes for anxiety (state trait anxiety inventory for children), somatization (children's somatization inventory), sleep (pediatric sleep questionnaire), coping (Connor-Davidson Resilience Score) symptoms (PEESSv2.0), and quality of life (PedsQL-EoE).

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

98

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • San Diego, California, United States, 92123
        • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 18 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Children 8-18 years old seen in the Rady Children's EoE clinic population as part of routine care (n=60) patients

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 8-18 years old
  • Ability to understand and complete the surveys and complete them in English
  • Known diagnosis of EoE defined as > 15 eosinophils per high power field. Patient can have active or inactive disease at the time of entry

Exclusion Criteria:

  • <8 or > 18 years old
  • Inability to read the surveys in English
  • Concurrent gastrointestinal diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease or Celiac disease.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Somatization score
Time Frame: Two weeks
Our researchers will be using CSSI-Child Somatic Symptoms Inventory to measure the severity of bothersome somatic symptoms experienced in our EoE children and adolescents. Respondents are asked to rate the extent to which the child was bothered by each of the nonspecific somatic symptoms listed. Total scores are computed by summing the ratings for each item. Higher scores indicate greater somatic distress.
Two weeks
Sleep Quality score
Time Frame: Up to One month or in general
Our researchers will be using PSQ-Pediatric Sleep Questionnaire to evaluate our EoE children's sleep disorder symptoms. This multi-page questionnaire consists of closed question-items and several open questions. The items are each answered yes = 1, no = 0, or don't know = missing. The number of symptom-items endorsed positively ("yes") is divided by the number of items answered positively or negatively; the denominator therefore excludes items with missing responses and items answered as don't know. The result is a number, a proportion that ranges from 0.0 to 1.0. Scores > 0.33 are considered positive and suggestive of high risk for a pediatric sleep-related breathing disorder
Up to One month or in general
Anxiety score
Time Frame: At the moment and usually
Our researchers will be using STAIC-State Trait Anxiety Questionnaire to evaluate. Our EoE children will be answering the questions in two different forms in which they report how they feel at a particular moment in time when they respond to the S-Anxiety scale (C-1), and how they generally feel when they respond to the T-Anxiety scale (C-2). Children respond to the STAIC by selecting one of the three alternative choices for each item which describes them best. In essence, each STAIC item is a 3-point rating scale for which values of 1, 2, or 3 are assigned for each of the three alternative choices. Thus, scores on both the STAIC S-Anxiety and T-Anxiety sub-scales can range from a minimum of 20 to a maximum score of 60. Higher scores mean higher anxiety.
At the moment and usually
Resilience score
Time Frame: One Month
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC), We will be using this uni-dimensional self-reported scale to measure resilience in our EoE patients. Subjects will be responding to 10 items on a 5-point likert scale, ranging from 0 (not true at all) to 4 (true nearly all the time). Each item has a minimum score of 0 and a maximum score of 4. The total scores for this questionnaire range from a minimum of 0 to maximum of 40. The total scores are calculated by summing all 10 items. A higher score indicates higher resilience. None of the items are reverse scored.
One Month
Symptoms score
Time Frame: One month
Our researchers will be using the Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis Symptom Score (PEESSv2.0) to measure the severity and frequency of patient-relevant symptoms such as dysphagia, gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD), nausea/vomiting, and pain. The PEESsv2.0 is a content-validated metric that seeks to capture EoE-specific symptoms directly from children with EoE (8-18 years of age) and from their parents (2-18 years of age). From parent/participant answers, four domains are evaluated: dysphagia, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), nausea/vomiting and pain. The range for these PEESS® v2.0 scores are 0 to 100, with a higher score being indicative of more frequent and/or severe symptoms for total score, and the dysphagia, GERD, nausea/vomiting and pain domains.
One month
Quality of Life score
Time Frame: One Month
Our researchers will be using PedsQL-EoE questionnaire to measure different dimensions of EoE such as symptoms, treatment, worry, communication, food and eating, and food feelings. Children and parents answer 33 items comprising 7 dimensions mentioned above. Items are 5-point Likert scale from 0(never) to 4 (Almost Always). Scores are transformed on a scale from 0 to 100. Items are reversed scored and linearly transformed to a 0-100 scale as follows: 0=100, 1=75, 2=50, 3=25, 4=0. The mean score = Sum of the items over the number of items answered. Symptoms Total Scale Score can be obtained by Sum of the items over the number of items answered in the Symptoms I and Symptoms II Scales. The total Score can be obtained by sum of all the items over the number of items answered on all the Scales except Feeding Tube Scale.
One Month

Collaborators and Investigators

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

April 11, 2019

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

April 26, 2021

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

April 26, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 27, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 13, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

March 16, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 21, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 19, 2022

Last Verified

October 1, 2022

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Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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