Epidemiological Screening of Psychiatric Disorders Among School Aged Children and Adolescent in Assiut Governorate

NCT ID: NCT04745819

Last Updated: 2021-02-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Total Enrollment: 400 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-28
• Study Completion Date: 2023-02-28

Brief Summary

Paediatric behavioural, developmental, and mental health issues are more common than childhood cancers, cardiac problems, and renal problems combined.

Behavioural problems have often been conceptualized along two broad spectrums: internalizing problems which are expressed in intrapersonal manifestation, such as anxiety, depression, and withdrawal; and externalizing problems which are demonstrated in interpersonal manifestation, such as hyperactivity and aggression The lack of attention to the mental health of children and adolescents may lead to mental disorders with lifelong consequences, undermines compliance with health regimens, and reduces the capacity of societies to be safe and productive. As, children and adolescent mental health problems often have serious long term debilitating effects . Early identification and treatment of these problems are in the best interest of children, adolescents, their families, and society as a whole . All three essential ways in which epidemiology can contribute to our understanding of children and adolescent mental health: community burden, measurement, and triage were of utmost importance. planning and conducting the survey.

In this study the researchers will present the first large-scale survey of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders at Assiut government For adequate planning of services, including evidence-based mental health prevention and intervention, a population-representative survey of children and adolescent estimating mental disorders was urgently needed

Conditions

Child Behavior Disorders; Child Mental Disorder; Adolescent Behaviour

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Interventions

1. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), parent form

It consists of 113 items; the parents complete it to detect emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years. It is scored on a three-point Likert scale (0=absent, 1= occurs sometimes, 2=occurs often). The time duration for item responses is the past six months.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. age of children (6-18 years)

2. both males and females.

3. have education in school at Assiut government.

Exclusion Criteria

1- unwilling parent to recruited in the study.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Assiut University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gellan Karamalllah Ramadan Ahmed

lecturer, resarcher OF Neurology and Psychiatry department

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Assiut University Hospital

Asyut, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Central Contacts

gellan R Ahmed

Role: CONTACT

gillankaram@aun.edu.eg

01093663928

Other Identifiers

epidemyology study in Assiut

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id