Application of a Training Program for Executive Functions in a Sample of Egyptian Children With Learning Disorder

NCT ID: NCT05476133

Last Updated: 2022-07-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-01-15

Study Completion Date

2020-05-28

Brief Summary

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In recent years, significant progress has been made on ways to improve Executive Functions (EF) skills for school readiness involving direct EF training and classroom educational programs. Due to the absence of a well-structured Arabic program for EF training in children, the rationale of this study is to implement a comprehensive, evidence-based intervention program to help Egyptian children with learning disorders to overcome their EF impairment. It uses the multimodality approach to help meet the needs of students with a variety of learning styles. The aim of this study is to adapt the combined form of the "Executive Functions Training-Elementary", and the "Promoting Executive Function In The Classroom" programs and its application in order to test its effectiveness in the rehabilitation of Egyptian learning disordered children.

Detailed Description

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The study was conducted on 40 children with dyslexia and Executive dysfunction attending unit of phoniatrics, Otorhinolaryngology department, Alexandria University. The results were compared before and after intervention.

The "Executive Functions Training-Elementary" program is an evidence-based practice that targets Executive function skills in the early elementary years by training students how to plan, execute, complete, and monitor tasks. It develops cognitive abilities and behavior control with classroom-related activities for varying ability levels.

The "Promoting Executive Function In The Classroom" program helps to incorporate Executive function processes (such as planning, organization, prioritizing, and self-checking) into the classroom curriculum. Chapters provide effective strategies for learning by improving how to learn.

Data were collected and entered to the computer using (Statistical Package for Social Science) program for statistical analysis (version 21).

Data were entered as numerical or categorical, as appropriate. Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of normality revealed no significance in the distribution of the variables, so the parametric statistics was adopted.

Data were described using minimum, maximum, mean, standard deviation and 95% Confidence Interval of the mean.

Categorical variables were described using frequency and percentage. Comparisons were carried out between two studied dependent normally distributed variables using paired t-test.

Comparisons were carried out between more than two independent normally distributed subgroups using one-way Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) test. When F ratio of ANOVA was significant Levene test of homogeneity of variances was done, and if significant Brown-Forsythe Robust test was adopted. Post-hoc multiple comparisons was done using Games-Howell.

Conditions

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Learning Disorders Executive Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

the study was carried on a single group underwent initial assessment then intervention then final assessment
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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study group

single group who had intervention and comparison of pre and post intervention assessment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Executive functions training-elementary and Promoting executive function in in the classroom

Intervention Type OTHER

evidence based practice that target executive function skills in early elementary years.

Interventions

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Executive functions training-elementary and Promoting executive function in in the classroom

evidence based practice that target executive function skills in early elementary years.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* children complaining of specific learning disorder and executive function deficits

Exclusion Criteria

* brain damage, mentally retarded or history of fits or subclinical fits
* hearing or visual impairment
* psychic problems
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Alexandria University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Engy Elhakeem

lecturer of phoniatrics

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Reham M Elmaghraby, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

otorhinolaryngology department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Engy S Elhakeem, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

otorhinolaryngology department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Soha AL Ibrahim, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Neuropsychiatry department, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Locations

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Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University

Alexandria, , Egypt

Site Status

Countries

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Egypt

References

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Other Identifiers

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0106137

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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