Clinical trial NCT05617586: Early Development and Diagnostic Trajectories in DCD
Official title: Early Development and Diagnostic Trajectories in the Child With DCD in Flanders
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Developmental Coordination Disorder
Keywords: Early Development
Diagnostic trajectory
Parental report
Qualitative study
Lead sponsor: University Ghent
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-11-15
Enrollment: 12
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: CASE_ONLY
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Parents of children with DCD

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to map the early development of children with DCD and the diagnostic trajectory in Flanders.

Detailed description: The Diagnostic and Statistical manual 5th edition (DSM-V) defines Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as early-onset deficits in acquiring and executing motor coordination skills. These deficits significantly interfere with the performance of activities of daily living and impact on academic productivity, leisure and play.

Although DCD can be identified during preschool, diagnosis generally occurs at primary-school age. Before the age of three (t.i. infancy), some parents already express "something is wrong" with their child albeit DCD is rarely diagnosed within this age-group.

Knowledge on DCD in children before the age of five is limited. The aim of this study is twofold: to explore the early development of children with DCD and to map the diagnostic trajectory of DCD in Flanders.

Design: A qualitative narrative inductive study design by means of audio-recorded in-depth interviews

Sampling: Purposeful maximum variation sampling will be applied.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Parent or guardian of a child diagnosed with DCD
2. Diagnosis of DCD within the last two years
3. Child was max. 12y of age at the moment of DCD diagnosis

Exclusion Criteria:

1. No severe diseases in early childhood greatly impacting development (cancer, severe accident,...)
2. Diagnosis outside of Belgium

Primary outcomes:
measure: Early Developmental characteristics of children with DCD during pregnancy (qualitative research) by means of an interview.
timeFrame: 20 interviews (duration: approximately 1.5 to 2 hours) starting from january 2019 to december 2020
measure: Early Developmental characteristics of children with DCD during toddlerhood (qualitative research) by means of an interview.
timeFrame: 20 interviews (duration: approximately 1.5 to 2 hours) starting from january 2019 to december 2020
measure: Early Developmental characteristics of children with DCD (preschooler) (qualitative research) by means of an interview.
timeFrame: 20 interviews (duration: approximately 1.5 to 2 hours) starting from january 2019 to december 2020
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Diagnostic trajectories of children with DCD in Flanders by means of an interview.
timeFrame: 20 interviews (duration: approximately 1.5 to 2 hours) starting from january 2019 to december 2020
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ghent
country: Belgium
facility: Ghent University
Study officials:
affiliation: University Ghent
name: Amy De Roubaix, Master
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: University Ghent
name: Hilde Van Waelvelde, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
affiliation: University Ghent
name: Dominique Van De Velde, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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