Clinical trial NCT03690843: Development of Children With DCD Before the Age of Six
Official title: The Development of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) Before the Age of Six: a Follow-up Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder
Keywords: motor development
toddler
prediction
Lead sponsor: University Ghent
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-10-01
Enrollment: 70
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 5
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Children attending the Center of Developmental Disabilities Ghent.

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to map the early development of children with DCD and compare it to typically developing (TD) children.

At first we will investigate to what extent motor delay, reduced force, higher BMI, behavioral, ADL and participation problems occur in toddlerhood in DCD children and how this relates to TD children. We will also look into the evolution of these parameters in time (stability of development).

Secondly we will explore if the diagnosis of DCD can be predicted using a standardized test before the age of five.

Detailed description: A longitudinal study design enables us to assess children at three different ages (3y, 4y and 5y).

Assessment scores (AIMS or/and BSID) before the age of three will be retrieved retrospectively in the clinical group.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria DCD group:

1. The multidisciplinary team of the Center of Developmental Disabilities reports that the child has DCD or is at-risk for developing DCD and this at the age of 2 and/or 3 years.
2. At least one parent speaks Dutch to the child

Inclusion Criteria controlgroup:

1. The child is three years of age at the moment of the first testing
2. Little-DCD-Q score ≥ 55 at 3y
3. M-ABC-2 percentilescore ≥25 at 3y
4. No medical diagnoses possibly influencing the motor development (DCD, ADHD, ASS, CP,...)
5. No history of developmental motor stimulation (therapy) and/or support
6. Gestational age ≥37w
7. Birthweight ≥2500g
8. At least one parent speaks Dutch to the child

Primary outcomes:
measure: Developmental Coordination Disorder
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 5 years.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Movement Assessment Battery For children 2 - Dutch Version
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Beery-Buktenica Developmental test of Visual-Motor Integration 6
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Child Behaviour CheckList
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Functional Strength Measurement
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 4 and 5 years.
measure: Young Children's Participation and Environment Measure
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Little-DCD-Questionnaire
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Motor Skills Checklist (VMVK)
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: DCD-Daily Questionnaire
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 5 years.
measure: Body Mass Index
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
measure: Social Communication Questionnaire
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 5 years.
measure: Teacher report form
timeFrame: This will be assessed at the age of 3, 4 and 5 years.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ghent
country: Belgium
facility: Ghent University
Study officials:
affiliation: University Ghent
name: Amy Roubaix
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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