Estimating Premorbid Intellectual Functioning in Children and Measuring Change in Cognitive Functioning as Children Develop
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Conditions studied: Child Development, Cognitive Impairment
In brief
Diagnosing and documenting the presence of abnormal change in cognitive functions (such as reasoning abilities) in children over time is of upmost importance when it comes to evaluating the impact of neurological injury, disease, and interventions designed to help improve wellbeing. Unfortunately however, current methods for detecting cognitive impairment and monitoring for abnormal cognitive change in children over time are seriously flawed. By assessing typically developing children's cognitive functioning at two different time points, this study intends to generate new normative data that will significantly improve measurement accuracy when it comes to evaluating the impact of neurological injury and disease on a child's cognitive abilities.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04153838
- Run by
- University of Aberdeen
- People needed
- 100
- Starts
- 2019-10-31
- Expected to finish
- 2026-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-06
Who can join
Age: 6 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- All participants must be aged between 6 years 0 months and 16 years 11 months 364 days
- Participants must be enrolled into a local mainstream school and have English as their first language
- Participants must not have sustained a previous brain-injury and not suffer from any other neurological illness (please see exclusion criteria below)
You may not qualify if…
- Individuals born significantly premature, that have a diagnosis of learning disability, a known neurological illness, or who have had a previous head-injury that required hospitalisation will be excluded from taking part in the study
- Individuals with a current mental health problem for which they are receiving treatment or those with substance misuse problems will also be excluded
- Participants unable to give informed consent will likewise be excluded
Where it is running
- Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital — Aberdeen, UK, United Kingdom
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