Psychological Correlates of Developmental Delays in Preschool Children
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Psychological assessment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Development Delay, Child Development, Social Functioning, Speech Delay. Basic parameters: 3 years — 6 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Poland
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Perinatal, Cognitive, Linguistic, and Social-emotional Correlates of Developmental Delay in Polish Preschool Children From a Biopsychosocial Perspective
Overview
The goal of this observational study is to investigate perinatal, cognitive, linguistic and social-emotional correlates of developmental delays of preschool children. The study group consist of minimal 500 children between 3 and 6 years of age who will be examined by qualified diagnosticians. Participants will be evaluated with tasks related to the studied variables: cognitive functioning, linguistic skills and social-emotional functioning. Furthermore informations regarding social-emotional functioning of children, will be collected from parents. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Is there a relationship between perinatal factors and risk of occurrence of developmental delay disorder? 2. Is there a specific pattern of cognitive functioning in preschool children with indicated developmental delay disorder? 3. Is there a specific pattern of social-emotional functioning in preschool children with indicated developmental delay disorder? 4. Do gender and age moderates specific patterns of cognitive and socialemotional functioning in the studied groups? Researchers will compare the following groups of children between 3 and 6 years old: 1. With perinatal risks factors 2. With developmental delay disorder: 1. children with early intervention 2. children with delayed speech development 3. Control group
Interventions
- Other Psychological assessment
Psychological assessment of cognitive, linguistic and social-emotional functioning.
Primary outcome measures
- Cognitive Functioning Index as measured by the Battery of Methods for the Diagnosis of Psychomotor Development in Children aged 3-6 (B3/6) [Time frame: Baseline]
- Phonological Processing Index as measured by the Battery of Methods for the Diagnosis of Psychomotor Development in Children aged 3-6 (B3/6) [Time frame: Baseline]
- Social-Emotional Development Score as measured by the Battery of Methods for the Diagnosis of Psychomotor Development in Children aged 3-6 (B3/6) [Time frame: Baseline]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- General intellectual functioning measured by the Stanford-Binet 5 (SB5) [Time frame: Baseline]
- Nonverbal Intelligence Quotient (NIQ) as measured by the Primary Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (PTONI) [Time frame: Baseline]
- Early social-emotional development [Time frame: Baseline]
- Birth weight [Time frame: Baseline (retrospective data)]
- Gestational age at birth [Time frame: Baseline (retrospective data)]
- Apgar score [Time frame: Baseline (retrospective data)]
- Occurrence of perinatal complications [Time frame: Baseline (retrospective data)]
- Socio-demographic data [Time frame: Baseline]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Children aged 3 to 6 years at the time of assessment.
- Attendance at preschool education.
- Written informed consent provided by a parent or legal guardian.
- Ability to participate in standardized psychological assessment.
- Assignment to one of the predefined study cohorts based on developmental history and clinical information.
Exclusion criteria
- Age below 3 years or above 6 years.
- Severe acute medical condition preventing participation.
- Severe uncorrected sensory impairment interfering with valid assessment.
- Lack of parental informed consent.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
Poland · 1 center
- Laboratory of Psychological and Educational Tests — Gdansk
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07420829 · 2024/PTPiP/2