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...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Children (Basel) 2023-01, Vol.10 (2), p.196
Main Authors: King, Seema, Burns, Colleen, Symes, Brent, Jessiman, ShawnaLee, Bell, Amber, Rajani, Hasu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Caregivers
Children
Children & youth
Diagnosis
Diagnostic tests
Effect of alcohol on
fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Fetus
Guardians
Medical diagnosis
Medical ethics
Medical referrals
Multidisciplinary teams
neurodevelopment
Nurse practitioners
Pandemics
Patients
Pediatrics
prenatal alcohol exposure
Psychologists
Questionnaires
Speech therapists
virtual care
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary: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.
ISSN:2227-9067
2227-9067
DOI:10.3390/children10020196