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Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescent at Egypt

Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders Among Preschool and School Children and Adolescent in Egypt

Status
UNKNOWN
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04762394
Enrollment
400
Registered
2021-02-21
Start date
2021-02-20
Completion date
2023-02-20
Last updated
2021-02-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Adolescent Behaviour Disorder, Child Behavior Disorders, Child Mental Disorder

Keywords

child, adolescent, psychiatry

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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALThe Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL),

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.

Sponsors

Assiut University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
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 yearby 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 yearPatients 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

Countries

Egypt

Contacts

Primary Contactgellan Ahmed, PhD
gillankaram@aun.edu.eg+201093663928

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026