Bowel And Bladder Function in Infant Toilet Training — BABITT  

Constipation - Functional Clinical Trial

Official title: Bowel And Bladder Function in Infant Toilet Training- a Randomized Intervention Study to Investigate the Efficacy of Assisted Infant Toilet Training on Preventing Functional Gastrointestinal and Urinary Tract Disorders up to 4 Years of Age

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall purpose is to assess whether assisted infant toilet training during the first year of life can prevent functional gastrointestinal and urinary tract disorders up to 4 year of age. Healthy Swedish children will be randomized to start assisted infant toilet training at 0-2 months of age or at 10-11 months of age.

The toilet training process will be described including mother-to-infant attachment and parental stress.

Clinical Trial Description

The mastery of toilet training is an important developmental milestone for children and parents. The age at which children start toilet training has increased during the last decades in the Western world. 50 years ago most children were out of nappies by 1,5 years of age. Today, wearing nappies by 3-4 years of age is considered normal. Meanwhile an increase in functional gastrointestinal and urinary tract disorders and toileting problems is reported by health care professionals.

A randomized multicenter intervention study is conducted at Child Health Care Centers in Sweden to investigate whether assisted infant toilet training initiated during the first year of life can prevent functional bowel and bladder disorders. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bladder Dysfunction
• Colic
• Constipation
• Constipation - Functional
• Infantile Colic
• Toilet Training

• NCT number: NCT04082689
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Dalarna County Council, Sweden
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 18, 2019
• Completion date: September 2025