The Relationship Between School Readiness and Sensory Processing Disorder in Preterm Preschooler

NCT ID: NCT03172767

Last Updated: 2018-04-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-03-20
• Study Completion Date: 2018-01-20

Brief Summary

The study aims investigate sensory processing disorders and school readiness in pre-school preterm children and the relationship between sensory impairment and school readiness

Detailed Description

A convenience of preterm and term preschoolers recruiting from Gazi University, Faculty of Health Science, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. Each group contains 30 children. First, sociodemographic information and histories of children are obtaining. Ages and contact information of the parents are recording. Prenatal and natal risk factors of the mothers are querying. Gestational ages and height, weight, and head circumferences of babies at birth are recording. Number of pregnancies, live births and abortions, type of delivery, multiple pregnancies for mothers as well as consanguinity between parents are asking. Marmara Primary School Readiness Scale is using to evaluate mental-language development, socio-emotional development, physical development, self-care skills,math skills, science skills, voice exercises, line exercises and labyrinths. Sensory profile caregiver questionnaire screen for the senses (sensory processing), adjustment (modulation), behavioral and emotional responses. . All examination wiil be finished in the same day.

Conditions

Sensory Deficit; Preterm Birth

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_CONTROL
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Preterm Preschoolers

Preterm children who haven't attend school.

No interventions assigned to this group

Term Preschoolers

Term children who haven't attend school.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• No neurological diagnosis
• gestational age < 37 weeks
• 60-78 months of age

Exclusion Criteria

• Have a neurological diagnosis (such as cerebral palsy)
• Grade III or grade IV intraventricular hemorrhage
• Have undergone major surgery in neonatal period
• Mental retardation

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 78 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Gazi University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Ayse Simsek

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Bülent Elbasan

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

study chair

Locations

Gazı University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

5461

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id