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Status unknownNCT04745819Updated Feb 9, 2021

Epidemiological Screening of Psychiatric Disorders Among School Aged Children and Adolescent in Assiut Governorate

An observational study in Child Behavior Disorders, Child Mental Disorder and Adolescent Behaviour, sponsored by Assiut University. Status unknown at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-02-09.

Sponsored by Assiut University · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2021), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
400
Ages
6 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Paediatric behavioural, developmental, and mental health issues are more common than childhood cancers, cardiac problems, and renal problems combined.

Behavioural problems have often been conceptualized along two broad spectrums: internalizing problems which are expressed in intrapersonal manifestation, such as anxiety, depression, and withdrawal; and externalizing problems which are demonstrated in interpersonal manifestation, such as hyperactivity and aggression The lack of attention to the mental health of children and adolescents may lead to mental disorders with lifelong consequences, undermines compliance with health regimens, and reduces the capacity of societies to be safe and productive. As, children and adolescent mental health problems often have serious long term debilitating effects . Early identification and treatment of these problems are in the best interest of children, adolescents, their families, and society as a whole . All three essential ways in which epidemiology can contribute to our understanding of children and adolescent mental health: community burden, measurement, and triage were of utmost importance. planning and conducting the survey.

In this study the researchers will present the first large-scale survey of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders at Assiut government For adequate planning of services, including evidence-based mental health prevention and intervention, a population-representative survey of children and adolescent estimating mental disorders was urgently needed

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Conditions studied

  • Child Behavior Disorders
  • Child Mental Disorder
  • Adolescent Behaviour

Keywords

  • child
  • adolescent
  • psychiatry
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In context

Child Behavior Disorders

35 studies on the registry are indexed under Child Behavior Disorders; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 350 across 10 observational studies indexed under Child Behavior Disorders.

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Lead sponsor

Assiut University is the lead sponsor of 5,078 studies on the registry; 2,178 are open to participants now.

Of its 14 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 0 (0%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
6 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

This is study will take part in the first screening phase in the Assiut government school community study. The other part will be in the child and adolescent psychiatry clinic at Neurology and Psychiatry department at Assiut university hospital.

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Inclusion criteria

  1. age of children (6-18 years)
  2. both males and females.
  3. have education in school at Assiut government.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

1- unwilling parent to recruited in the study.

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Study design

Observational model
Ecologic or community
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
6 Months
Patient registry
Yes

Interventions

  • Behavioral1. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), parent form

    It consists of 113 items; the parents complete it to detect emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents aged 6 to 18 years. It is scored on a three-point Likert scale (0=absent, 1= occurs sometimes, 2=occurs often). The time duration for item responses is the past six months.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. measure the prevalence of DSM 5 psychiatric disorders in the community sample of school children in Assiut government.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

  2. measure of risk factor of DSM 5 psychiatric disorders in the community sample of school children in Assiut government.

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year

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Study locations

1 site
  • Assiut University Hospital
    Assiut, 71111, Egypt
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Feb 2021; primary completion for Feb 2022, 12 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Feb 3, 2021
First posted
Feb 9, 2021
StartEst.
Feb 2021
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2022
CompletionEst.
Feb 2023
Last update
Feb 9, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 9, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04745819
Lead sponsor
Assiut University
Responsible party
Gellan Karamalllah Ramadan Ahmed (lecturer, resarcher OF Neurology and Psychiatry department, Assiut University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 9, 2021
Start date
Feb 2021 (estimated)
Primary completion
Feb 2022 (estimated)
Completion
Feb 2023 (estimated)
Last update
Feb 9, 2021

Study contacts

gellan R Ahmed
Contact
gillankaram@aun.edu.eg
01093663928

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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