Therapy Program for Academic Skills in Children With Intellectual Disability

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

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Educational Problems; Intellectual Disability, Mild
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: common educational methods; Other: play therapy

Detailed 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

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Egypt
  • Al Qahirah
    • Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt, 11411
      • Tayseer Younes

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: common educational methods; this group will receive common educational methods	Other: common educational methods; the child will receive his education in a passive manner; Other Names: Passive class room education
Experimental: play based program; this group will get the combined selected physical and occupational therapy program	Other: play therapy; A combined program based on physical and occupational therapy techniques within a play context; Other Names: physical and occupational therapy program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The Stanford-Binet Scale, the fifth edition	the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale Fifth Edition	2 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Beni-Suef University
• Investigators: Study Chair: Zienab M Mahmoud, PhD, Beni-Suef University; Study Chair: Nahed MG Makary, PhD, Beni-Suef University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): November 15, 2022
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): February 5, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 10, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 9, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): June 13, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): November 12, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 9, 2024
• Last Verified: November 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Mental Disorders; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Intellectual Disability
• Other Study ID Numbers: P.T.REC/012/004233

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: no personal data will be shared

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No