Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescent at Egypt

• Conditions: Child Behavior Disorders; Adolescent Behaviour Disorder; Child Mental Disorder

• Registration Number: NCT04762394
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Pediatric, developmental and mental health problems are more common than renal, cardiac and renal problems.

Compartmental problems were often conceptualised across two broad spectrums: internalising intrapersonal problems like anxiety, depression and withdrawal and externalising problems such as Interpersonal problems such as hyperactivity and aggression.

Mental disorders with long-term consequences can result in children and adolescents, undermining health compliance and reducing societies' ability to be safe and productive. As, children and adolescent have long-term deteriorating effects of mental health problems are often serious.

Early detection and identification of problems are in the best interest of children, adolescents, their families, and the community as a whole. All three are important.

how epidemiology can help our understanding of children and adolescent mental health: the burden of the community, measurement and tracking highly significant.

This study will display the first large-scale study of psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents in the Egypt . to provide services, including prevention and intervention based on evidence of mental health, a population-representative child survey and adolescent mental estimates disorders were needed urgently

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-17
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-02-17
• Study Start: 2021-02-20
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-21
• Last Update Posted: 2021-02-21
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-20
• Study Completion: 2023-02-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

1. age of children (2-18 years)
2. both males and females.
3. living in Egypt.

Exclusion Criteria

• unwilling parent to recruited in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
measure the prevalence of DSM 5 psychiatric disorders in the community sample of school children in Assiut government.	through study completion, an average of 1 year	by using The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL):It consists of 113 items, the parents complete it to detect emotional and behavioural problems in children and adolescents .It includes open-ended items covering physical problems, concerns, and strengths. The CBCL/6-18 yields scores on internalizing, externalizing, and total problems as well as scores on DSM-5 related scales.It is providing a total behaviour problem score and two second order factor scores for internalizing problems (anxious/depressed, somatic complaints, withdrawn/depressed) and externalizing behaviour (rule breaking behaviour and aggressive problems).
measure of risk factor of DSM 5 psychiatric disorders in the community sample of school children in Assiut government.	through study completion, an average of 1 year	Patients were subjected to a full psychiatric and medical assessment at the beginning of the study. A semistructured form was prepared by researchers to detect sociodemographic and clinical variables of the patients, and the medical history of the patients were reviewed. Information gathered included age, sex, birth order, pregnancy problems, delivery type, birth complications, delay of speech development, delay of motor development, family history of consanguinity

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

gellan Ahmed; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt