Validity of the French Version of the Child's Vestibular Disorder Symptoms Questionnaire

Dizziness Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Validity of the French Version of the Child's Vestibular Disorder Symptoms Questionnaire

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04117620
• Other study ID #: APHP190616
• Secondary ID: ID RCB : 2019-A0
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 28, 2020
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

There is currently no score in French for evaluating disorders of the child's balance. Only one questionnaire was validated in the child in English in 2016, the " Pediatric Vestibular Symptom Questionnaire ". The objective of the research is to validate the French translation of this questionnaire.

Description:

Balance disorders are the most common cause of dizziness in children with a prevalence of 0.7 to 15%. Vestibular migraine, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo of the child, post-concussion dizziness as a result of cranial trauma, and viral vestibular neuritis are the most common causes. However, these disorders are often undiagnosed in children as many doctors may attribute these symptoms to behavioural disorders or clumsiness. This is probably because of the difficulty children may have in expressing or describing their dizziness symptoms without specific questioning, but also because of the tendency of children to accept the terminology that an adult offers them or even tend to cling to their parents when they experience a balance disorder or vertigo. Vestibular disorders can also have secondary psychological symptoms with an impact on school learning and quality of life. A precise interrogation to check the symptoms, to look for the triggers and to trace the installation of the symptoms is fundamental to diagnose and make a therapeutic decision. Thus, it is very important to help the child express his or her feelings by proposing different descriptions and formulations to determine the etiology and diagnosis. While a number of international questionnaires validated and translated into French exist in the adult to assess the presence, severity and impact of vestibular symptoms, there is currently no score in French for evaluating disorders of the child's balance. Only one questionnaire was validated in the child in English in 2016, the " Pediatric Vestibular Symptom Questionnaire ". The objective of the research is to validate the French translation of this questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 85
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: April 28, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 7 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Non-opposition of the holders of parental authority and the subject to participation in the study

• Subjects between 7 and 17 years of age

• Patients : patients followed in the clinic at Necker Hospital in pediatric department of otolaryngology and cervico-facial surgery and presenting with dizziness without associated ophthalmological or neurological disorder.

• Controls : subject with no vestibular deficiency, symptoms of balance disorder, migraine, otological pathology or ophthalmological disorder at the time of inclusion or background.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Absence of diagnosis after etiological assessment.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dizziness
• Vestibular Diseases

Intervention

Other:
• Pediatric Vestibular Symptom Questionnaire
Subjects respond to the translated questionnaire twice with 15 days interval

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades	Paris

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

References & Publications (1)

Rigal T, Parodi M, Brisse F, Denoyelle F, Loundon N, Simon F. Translation and validation of the PVSQ and DHI-PC questionnaires for pediatric dizziness. Eur Ann Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Dis. 2023 May 22:S1879-7296(23)00072-8. doi: 10.1016/j.anorl.2023.05 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Reproducibility	Reproducibility of the questionnaire completed by a subject at 15 days apart. Student t-test.	1 year
Primary	Consistency reliability test	Measure of efficiency. Comparison of questionnaires completed by patients and controls.	1 year
Primary	Item-total Pearson correlation	Measure of efficiency. Comparison of questionnaires completed by patients and controls.	1 year
Primary	Principal components analysis	Measure of efficiency. Comparison of questionnaires completed by patients and controls.	1 year