Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability

Educational Problems Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of a Physical and Occupational Therapy Program on Academic Skills in Egyptian Children With Intellectual Disability

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05900830
• Other study ID #: P.T.REC/012/004233
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 15, 2022
• Est. completion date: February 5, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Beni-Suef University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program on academic skills in a sample of Egyptian children with intellectual disability. It also aims to provide a program based on physical and occupational therapy activities and techniques to develop children's basic abilities through play to make learning more enjoyable

Description:

This study hypothesis

1. There are statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the pre and post measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components in favor of the post measurement.

2. There are no statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the children of the experimental group in the post and follow-up measurements on the academic skills scale for children with mental disabilities and its sub-components.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

What is the effect of a physical and occupational therapy program in improving academic skills (reading - writing - arithmetic) in a sample of children with mild intellectual disabilities? The study should include 20 children diagnosed with mild intellectual disability according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition between the age of 8 to 10 years old from both sexes recruited from Noor Al-Sabah Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of People with Intellectual Disabilities from children with mild mental disabilities

Inclusive criteria

1. The child should be between 8 and 10 years of age of both sexes

2. The child should be of mild intellectual disabilities according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition

3. The child should not be suffering from any apparent physical deformity in upper limbs, lower limbs or spine

4. The child should not suffer from any visual or auditory disorder

Exclusive criteria

1. Children out of age range

2. Children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities

3. Children with physical deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine

4. Children suffering from visual or auditory disorders

5. Children of parents who refuse to sign the consent form

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 5, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 8 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. The child should be between 8 and 10 years of age of both sexes

2. The child should be of mild intellectual disabilities according to Stanford Binet scale 5th edition

3. The child should not be suffering from any apparent physical deformity in upper limbs, lower limbs or spine

4. The child should not suffer from any visual or auditory disorder

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children out of age range

2. Children with moderate or severe intellectual disabilities

3. Children with physical deformities in upper limb, lower limb or spine

4. Children suffering from visual or auditory disorders

5. Children of parents who refuse to sign the consent form

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Educational Problems
• Intellectual Disability

Intervention

Other:
• play therapy
A combined program based on physical and occupational therapy techniques within a play context
• common educational methods
the child will receive his education in a passive manner

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Tayseer Younes	Cairo	Al Qahirah

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Beni-Suef University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	The Academic Skills Scale for Children with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.	Reading and writing words, reading and writing simple sentences, knowledge of reading phenomena, comprehension., Reading, reading expression, reading and writing numbers and numbers, order and sequence, classification, relationships, arithmetic operations	2 months
Secondary	The Stanford-Binet Scale, the fifth edition	the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Fifth Edition	2 months