Early Detection of Children With Developmental Disabilities in Assiut Governorate

Beni-Suef University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Development Delay; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Down Syndrome; Developmental Disability; Motor Delay

Treatments: Other: Nurses training program on early detection of disability

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06263777

P.T.REC/012/004142

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of a designed training program for nurses toward early detection of developmental disabilities among children (0-3 years).

Full description

A group of twenty-one licensed nurses with professional experience ranging from 5 to 11 years participated in the study. The participants completed the measurements to evaluate their current knowledge, practice, and perception pre-, post-, and follow-up of the training program in relation to the early detection of disabilities.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The study was conducted in selected health units in Assiut, an Upper Egypt Governorate, in selected villages:

  • far from the main government services,
  • without access to public or subsidized transportation to and from the selected villages, and
  • without the presence of any allied health professionals (physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychologists), who do not offer any of these medical services.

The selected nurses should be

• employed by the village health department in the public sector,
• locals of the village where the health unit is located,
• and untrained in the early identification or examination of disabled children.

Exclusion criteria

• other than inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 1 patient group

Nurses group

Experimental group

Description:

Nurse training program on early detection of disability. It included four main elements, which are: a booklet defining different disabilities; a list of the guidelines for early detection; a guide for family guidance for families of children with disabilities; and a monitoring and follow-up form for cases of children with disabilities.

Treatment:

Other: Nurses training program on early detection of disability