A Study on the Application of the Early Childhood Attention Battery in a Population of Preterms Children

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS1 site in 1 country200 target enrollmentFebruary 1, 2022

ConditionsAttention-deficit Prematurity

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Attention-deficit
Sponsor: Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Enrollment: 200
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: attentional abilities of young preterm children
Status: Recruiting
Last Updated: 2 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

The aims of this project are:

To explore, using the ECAB, if and in which measure the attentional abilities of young preterm children are different from term peers, whom reference data are already published27.
To correlate the ECAB results with the "Conner's Teacher, Rating Scale- Revised e Conner's Parent Rating Scale", one of the available diagnostic interview that helps to identify signs of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in young children, at the age of 6 years and over.
To study individual trajectories of attention pattern and development during age.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

February 1, 2022

End Date

June 30, 2023

Last Updated

2 years ago

Study Type

Observational

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Ricci Daniela

Principal Investigator Pediatric Neurologist

Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•gestational age (GA) \<34 weeks, intellectual functioning with Intelligence Quotient (IQ\>70 verified with Wechsler scales performed within 6 months from the ECAB, age at ECAB assessment between 3 years and 5 years 11 months.

Exclusion Criteria

•presence of major brain lesions, major motor or behavioral disorders, WPPSI-III subtest receptive vocabulary with a scaled score \<8.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

attentional abilities of young preterm children

Time Frame: 3 years

The Early Childhood Attention Battery (ECAB) consists of 8 subtest assessing 3 aspects of attention: selective attention, sustained attention, attentional control. Counting the number of correct answer we get a raw scores (with a different range for each task) that can be translated in a pondered score and in a percentile based on normative data collected on term born children and previously published