Clinical trial NCT05900830: Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability
Official title: Effect of a Physical and Occupational Therapy Program on Academic Skills in Egyptian Children With Intellectual Disability
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intellectual Disability, Mild
Educational Problems
Lead sponsor: Beni-Suef University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-06-13
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Quasi experimental
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program on academic skills in a sample of Egyptian children with intellectual disability. It also aims to provide a program based on physical and occupational therapy activities and techniques to develop children's basic abilities through play to make learning more enjoyable

Detailed description: This study hypothesis

1. There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the pre and post measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components in favor of the post measurement.
2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the post and follow-up measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

What is the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program in improving academic skills (reading - writing - arithmetic) in a sample of children with mild intellectual disabilities? The study should include 20 children diagnosed with mild intellectual disability according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition between the age of 8 to 10 years old from both sexes recruited from Noor Al-Sabah Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of People with Intellectual Disabilities from children with mild mental disabilities

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. The child should be between 8 and 10 years of age of both sexes
2. The child should be of mild intellectual disabilities according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition
3. The child should not be suffering from any apparent physical deformity in upper limbs, lower limbs or spine
4. The child should not suffer from any visual or auditory disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children out of age range
2. Children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities
3. Children with physical deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine
4. Children suffering from visual or auditory disorders
5. Children of parents who refuse to sign the consent form

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Academic Skills Scale for Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.
timeFrame: 2 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: The Stanford-Binet Scale, the fifth edition
timeFrame: 2 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cairo
country: Egypt
facility: Tayseer Younes
state: Al Qahirah
Study officials:
affiliation: Beni-Suef University
name: Zienab M Mahmoud, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: Beni-Suef University
name: Nahed MG Makary, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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