Clinical trial NCT03987984: Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Sensory Eating Problems Scale
Official title: Reliability and Validity of the Turkish Version of the Sensory Eating Problems Scale (VERSION)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: Feeding and Eating Disorders
Keywords: Sensory Feeding Problems
Lead sponsor: Gazi University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-06-17
Enrollment: 110
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Maximum age (years): 6
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Children with 2-6 years and have eating problems that included failure to gain weight, dependence on tube feeding or oral supplements, difficulties with texture or learning to chew, limited diet variety, and mealtime behavior problems.

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to adapt to the Sensory Eating Problems Scale to Turkish. Within the scope of the study, firstly the Turkish version of the scale will be developed and then its reliability and validity will be examined.

Detailed description: The etiology of childhood feeding problems is often complex and likely due to multiple factors, such as biological issues, oral motor deficits, and environmental contingencies. Sensory processing, or the ability to receive, integrate, and process sensory input, such as visual, olfactory, or gustatory information, has also been speculated to influence eating. A growing literature has examined the association between sensory processing and eating behavior in several populations of children.

While child feeding problems have been found to be associated with withsensory processing problems, clinicians could benefit from more specifics about the types of oral sensory problems most associated with feeding problems. For example, the Oral Sensory Processing subscale of the Sensory Profile includes a collection of sensory problems associated with feeding difficulties such as gagging easily to food or utensils in the mouth, rejecting certain food tastes or smells, accepting limited food textures, biting the tongue or lips , but without documentation that identifies the separate dimensions of oral sensitivity problems relevant to children's feeding problems. Further, along theOral Sensory Processing Subscale of the SP, a particular oral sensory problems, such as sensitivity to texture, may be measured by only one or two items.

Sensory Eating Problems Scale is a newly developed scale and can measure specific oral sensory problems in children. SEPS can also provide a more detailed assessment of sensory eating behavior than provided in previous studies by developing the Sensory Eating Problems Scale (SEPS) to identify specific dimensions of oral sensitivity children show during feeding. However; there is no short, easy to use and easy to understand sensory eating problems scale with the Turkish version.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The children had been referred to the clinics for eating problems that included failure to gain weight, dependence on tube feeding or oral supplements, difficulties with texture or learning to chew, limited diet variety, and mealtime behavior problems.

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Sensory Eating Problems Scale
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale
timeFrame: 2 weeks
measure: Caregiver reported Feeding/Swallowing Impact Survey
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ankara
country: Turkey
facility: Gazi University, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Study officials:
affiliation: Gazi University
name: Müşerrefe N Keleş, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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