Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: WHO Caregivers Skill Training (WHO-CST): A. WHO-CST: Children who are detected with Neurodevelopment delay, but below threshold for autism will receive this intervention. This interven
Sponsors
The University of Manchester
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Criteria are depending on the Workstream of the project: 1) For formative work for community engagement tool development: Non-specialist providers and caregivers of children aged 2-9 years who are fluent in the local language i.e. Hindi, Konkani or Marathi; 2) Detection: All families residing in the study geography with children aged 18 months to 9 years. 3) Interventions: Children detected with NDDs/Autism between the age group of 2-9 years within the study geography. 4) Community engagement and involvement: • Persons (18 and older) who are caregivers to an individual living with autism or intellectual disability. Or • Persons (18 and older) who are living with autism spectrum disorder (self-advocates) who are able to communicate with or without communication aids such as writing through tablets or laptops, or using alternative augmentative communication devices as a speech-generating device. Or • Non-specialist health workers who are involved in the delivery of the PASS Plus intervention in Delhi or in Goa, Or • Specialist health workers for autism and intellectual disability (clinicians, paediatric health providers, occupational therapists).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Children residing outside the study sites 2) Children less than 18 months or more than 9 years for detection. 3) Children less than 2 years for or more than 9 years for intervention. 4) Children having uncontrolled seizures in the last 6 months 5) Children with significant hearing/ visual problem 6) Children with any other significant genetic, neurodevelopmental or physical disability 7) Primary caregiver/ parent having significant hearing/ visual problem 8) Primary caregiver having a severe learning disability or current severe psychiatric disorder
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Dyadic Communication Measure for Autism (DCMA)Timepoint: Baseline and after delivery of the intervention (8 months) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Child measures Child Health Utility Index - 9 Dimensions (CHU-9D under & above 5) Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales-3rd Edition (VABS-3) Cost of care Inventory (COI) Caregiver measures Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) EuroQol-5 Dimension-5 Level (EQ-5D-5L) World Health Organization-Quality of Life Brief (WHO-QOL BREF) World Health Organization-Caregiver Skills Training Caregiver Knowledge & Skills Test (WHO CST CKST) Family measures Socio-demographic form Adverse events & serious adverse events (AE & SAE) form Timepoint: At baseline and endline | — |
Countries
India, Nepal, Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactReetabrata Roy
Child Development Group
Outcome results
None listed