Clinical trial NCT05747638: Study of Children's Well-being After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Belgian French-speaking Primary Schools
Official title: Children's Well-being After the COVID-19 Pandemic in French-speaking Primary Schools of the Federation Wallonia - Brussels in Belgium - (DYNAtracs)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Conditions: Well-being
Keywords: Primary schools
Lead sponsor: Université Catholique de Louvain
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-02-28
Enrollment: 315
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Sampling procedure for the initial study Eight schools will be chosen by purposive sampling on three criteria: either high or low size of the school, a school within an area with either a high or a low incidence of SARS-CoV-2 on 06/05/2020, the first wave of COVID-19 in Belgium, and a school with either a high or a low socioeconomic level (Belgian 20-point-scale ISE index superior to thirteen or inferior to seven). As direct partners in the project, the ONE ("Office de la naissance et de l'enfance") and the PSE teams ("Promotion de la Santé à l'Ecole") will give a list of schools corresponding to these three criteria.

In this present study, the investigators will return to the same schools as in the previous DYNAtracs study.

All participants will be invited to complete a paper questionnaire.

Brief summary: In order to limit the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a significant numbers of measures were taken worldwide. It has been shown that the pandemic and its consequences, such as lockdown and isolation, can have a significant long-term impact on the well-being of children.

This study follows the initial DYNAtracs study on SARS-CoV-2 transmission in primary schools. In Belgium, 2488 children and 444 school attenders in 11 primary schools of the Federation Wallonia Brussels are invited. Every participant will be invited to answer a well-being questionnaire. This study aimed to document the children and workers well-being in the primary schools of Belgium after the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of the study should contribute to improved decision making regarding measures for schools and children well-being in the context of current and future pandemics.

The objective of this study is to document the well-being of children and workers after the COVID 19 pandemic in primary schools of the Federation Wallonia-Brussels.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All children between the ages of 6 and 12 years and all school attenders from selected primary schools were invited to participate.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal or absence of written informed consent before enrolment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Anxiety symptoms in children
timeFrame: Once
measure: Anxiety and depression symptoms in school staff.
timeFrame: Once
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Brussels
country: Belgium
facility: UCLouvain
Study officials:
affiliation: Université Catholique de Louvain
name: Annie Robert, Pr
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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