NCT05617586

Early Development and Diagnostic Trajectories in DCD

Early Development and Diagnostic Trajectories in the Child With DCD in Flanders

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to map the early development of children with DCD and the diagnostic trajectory in Flanders.

Detailed description

The Diagnostic and Statistical manual 5th edition (DSM-V) defines Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) as early-onset deficits in acquiring and executing motor coordination skills. These deficits significantly interfere with the performance of activities of daily living and impact on academic productivity, leisure and play. Although DCD can be identified during preschool, diagnosis generally occurs at primary-school age. Before the age of three (t.i. infancy), some parents already express "something is wrong" with their child albeit DCD is rarely diagnosed within this age-group. Knowledge on DCD in children before the age of five is limited. The aim of this study is twofold: to explore the early development of children with DCD and to map the diagnostic trajectory of DCD in Flanders. Design: A qualitative narrative inductive study design by means of audio-recorded in-depth interviews Sampling: Purposeful maximum variation sampling will be applied.

Conditions

• Developmental Coordination Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	In-depth parental interview	A semi-structurerd interview will be conducted of parents with a child diagnosed with DCD. The interview will be audio-recorderded. The audiofile will be transcribed ad-verbatim and analyzed using narrative analysis methods.
OTHER	Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCD-Q)	Parents will be asked to complete the DCD-Q. This will help us describe the sample.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-15
• Primary completion: 2022-01-25
• Completion: 2022-01-25
• First posted: 2022-11-15
• Last updated: 2022-11-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium