Translating Evidence Based Developmental Screening Into Pediatric Primary Care — TEDS  

Developmental Delays Clinical Trial

Official title: Translating Evidence Based Developmental Screening Into Pediatric Primary Care ( Aims 2 and 3 )

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of implementing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP's) recommendation that clinicians provide developmental surveillance at all well child visits and institute developmental screening at critical developmental periods in childhood, namely at 9, 18, 24 and 30 months of age.

Clinical Trial Description

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of implementing the AAP's recommendation that clinicians provide developmental surveillance at all well child visits and institute developmental screening at critical developmental periods in childhood, namely at 9, 18, 24 and 30 months of age. The study will also examine its acceptance by pediatric practices, its adoption and adaptation in urban pediatric practices, and the effectiveness of a developmental screening protocol that conforms to the AAP and Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) recommendations compared with that of developmental surveillance alone. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Screening

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Developmental Delays

• NCT number: NCT00844246
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: November 2008
• Completion date: October 2010