A5008138803- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Infant Health and Development
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
- Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Galectins and Cancer Biology
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Saarland University
2011-2020
Maastricht University Medical Centre
2017-2020
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes
2016-2018
Aims Psychological comorbidity among children with functional incontinence is high: 20–30% of nocturnal enuresis (NE), 20–40% those daytime urinary (DUI) and 30–50% fecal (FI) have clinically relevant comorbid disorders. The aim this study was to analyze specific behavioral symptoms for different subtypes in a large group children. Methods All 1,001 consecutive adolescents (67.5% boys) mean age 8.5 years presented at tertiary outpatient department between 2004 2011 were examined full...
Aims To assess the rates of incontinence and associated psychological problems in children, adolescents adults with Down Syndrome, a genetic syndrome caused by partial or complete triplication (trisomy) chromosome 21 characterized typical facial features, physical growth delay mild moderate intellectual disability. Methods Three hundred seventeen persons Syndrome (4‐51 years) were recruited through German parent support group (59.6% male, mean age 19.2 years). The Parental Questionnaire:...
Williams Syndrome (WS) is a microdeletion syndrome (chromosome 7q11.23) characterized by typical facial features, cardiovascular disease, behavioural symptoms, and mild intellectual disability (ID). The aim of this study was to assess the rates incontinence psychological problems in persons with WS.231 individuals WS were recruited through German parent support group (52.0% male, mean age 19.4 years). Faecal (FI) diagnosed from 4 years nocturnal enuresis (NE) daytime urinary (DUI) 5 onwards....
Abstract Aims Elimination disorders are common in typically developing children. Only few studies have addressed elimination persons with intellectual disability (ID)—and even fewer those specific syndromes. The aim of the study was to investigate rates and behavioral symptoms Prader–Willi (PWS) Fragile‐X syndromes (FXS) a large sample. Methods Three hundred fifty‐seven PWS or FXS were recruited through parent self‐help groups. A questionnaire regarding symptoms, as well child behavior...
Toilet refusal syndrome (TRS) is a common, benign disorder in toddlers defined by the use of diapers and toilet for defaecation, but has not been described systematically preschool children yet. The aim study was to analyse identify possible subgroups TRS.Retrospective analysis all consecutive with TRS presented as outpatients clinic elimination disorders. Patients had received detailed paediatric child psychiatric assessment, including Child Behavior Checklist questionnaire. Three typical...
The "Parental Questionnaire: Enuresis/Urinary Incontinence" (PQ-EnU) is widely-used in clinical assessment of nocturnal enuresis (NE) and daytime urinary incontinence (DUI). It includes 18 items regarding (DW) nighttime wetting (NW), 24 concerning toilet habits (TH), 14 behavioral problems (BP). aim the study was to evaluate reliability validity PQ-EnU.Parents 490 children (M = 8.7 years [SD 2.9], 68.2% male) presented an outpatient clinic completed PQ-EnU Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)....
Fecal incontinence and constipation are common disorders in childhood. The enteric nervous system the central highly interactive along brain-gut axis. interaction is mainly afferent. These afferent pathways include centers that involved processing of emotions as mid/posterior insula anterior cingulate cortex. A previous study revealed altered children with fecal incontinence. present replicates these results.In order to analyze emotions, we compared event-related potentials 25 those 15...
<b>Objective:</b> Toilet refusal syndrome (TRS) is a common disorder in toddlers, defined by use of diapers and toilet for defecation, while phobia (TP) rare which toilets are avoided completely. Both disorders have not been described systematically children, yet. Therefore, the aim was to present typical case vignettes illustrating different clinical presentations TP TRS. <b>Methods:</b> 5 cases were selected from all patients presented at specialized outpatient clinic incontinence tertiary...
Daytime urinary incontinence (DUI) is common in childhood. The aim of the study was to neurophysiologically analyse central emotion processing children with DUI.In 20 DUI (mean age 8.1 years, 55 % male) and controls 9.1 75 visual event-related potentials (ERPs) were recorded after presenting emotionally valent (80 neutral, 40 positive, negative) pictures from International Affective Picture System (IAPS) as an oddball-paradigm. All received a full organic psychiatric assessment.Children did...