Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study
The diagnostic process for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) involves a multi-disciplinary team and includes neurodevelopmental, physical, and facial assessments and evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure during the index pregnancy. With the increased use of virtual care in health care due to th...
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| author | Seema King Colleen Burns Brent Symes ShawnaLee Jessiman Amber Bell Hasu Rajani |
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| description | The diagnostic process for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) involves a multi-disciplinary team and includes neurodevelopmental, physical, and facial assessments and evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure during the index pregnancy. With the increased use of virtual care in health care due to the pandemic, and desire of clinics to be more efficient when providing timely services, there was a need to develop a virtual diagnostic model for FASD. This study develops a virtual model for the entire FASD assessment and diagnostic process, including individual neurodevelopmental assessments. It proposes a virtual model for assessment and diagnosis of FASD in children and evaluates the functionality of this model with other national and international FASD diagnostic teams and caregivers of children being assessed for FASD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c738d7faab34719b82c6f286d45bcff2023-11-16T19:47:22ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672023-01-0110219610.3390/children10020196Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot StudySeema King0Colleen Burns1Brent Symes2ShawnaLee Jessiman3Amber Bell4Hasu Rajani5Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaLakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1Y6, CanadaLakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1Y6, CanadaCommunicating Together Inc., High Level, AB T0H 1Z0, CanadaLakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1Y6, CanadaLakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Cold Lake, AB T9M 1Y6, CanadaThe diagnostic process for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) involves a multi-disciplinary team and includes neurodevelopmental, physical, and facial assessments and evidence of prenatal alcohol exposure during the index pregnancy. With the increased use of virtual care in health care due to the pandemic, and desire of clinics to be more efficient when providing timely services, there was a need to develop a virtual diagnostic model for FASD. This study develops a virtual model for the entire FASD assessment and diagnostic process, including individual neurodevelopmental assessments. It proposes a virtual model for assessment and diagnosis of FASD in children and evaluates the functionality of this model with other national and international FASD diagnostic teams and caregivers of children being assessed for FASD.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/2/196fetal alcohol spectrum disorderfetal alcohol syndromeprenatal alcohol exposureneurodevelopmentvirtual carepediatrics |
| spellingShingle | Seema King Colleen Burns Brent Symes ShawnaLee Jessiman Amber Bell Hasu Rajani Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study Children fetal alcohol spectrum disorder fetal alcohol syndrome prenatal alcohol exposure neurodevelopment virtual care pediatrics |
| title | Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Development and Evaluation of a Virtual Model for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Assessment and Diagnosis in Children: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | development and evaluation of a virtual model for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder fasd assessment and diagnosis in children a pilot study |
| topic | fetal alcohol spectrum disorder fetal alcohol syndrome prenatal alcohol exposure neurodevelopment virtual care pediatrics |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/10/2/196 |
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