Functional Communicative Profile of Children With Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Functional Communicative Profile of Children With Down Syndrome

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00844259
• Other study ID #: 180875
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 13, 2009
• Last updated: February 13, 2009
• Start date: July 2006
• Est. completion date: October 2007

Study information

• Verified date: February 2009
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to verify the use of communicative functions by children with DS in two interaction conditions: interaction with therapist and interaction with parent.

Description:

Parents and caregivers' engagement on therapeutic process of children with Down syndrome (DS) is important for language and communication development. The identification of the communicative skills presented by these children as well as the context influence in their performance as interlocutors, will contribute to the design of therapeutic interventions.

Pragmatics theories are helpful to language use studies, since it takes into account social and environmental aspects and considers adult-child interaction as a determinant factor for its occurrence.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: October 2007
• Est. primary completion date: October 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 5 Years to 8 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• genetic diagnosis of Down syndrome

• good health conditions

• normal results on audiologic evaluation

• pediatric and ear, nose and throat periodic check ups.

• attend speech-language therapy at the Speech Language Pathology Laboratory in Syndromes and Sensorimotor Deficits (SLPL-SSD) of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo.

Exclusion Criteria:

• submission to long term hospitalizations due to heart diseases and major respiratory airway infections, that may interfere in the child's global development

• presence of visual or auditory important deficits

Study Design

Observational Model: Case-Crossover, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Down Syndrome
• Syndrome

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	University of Sao Paulo - School of Medicine - Department of Physiotherapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Occupational Therapy	Sao Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil,