Physical Exercise to Reduce Anxiety in Underserved Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 148
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Anxiety rating
研究概览
简要总结
Anxiety is one of the most frequent comorbidities in children with ASD leading to poor clinical outcomes. Physical exercise has been shown to be a promising and easy to implement intervention for reducing anxiety. However, little is known about the feasibility and efficacy of physical exercise to reduce anxiety in children with ASD from underserved, low-income families. Children with ASD, ages 6 - 12 years old from low-income and Latino families will be recruited for the study and assigned to an exercise intervention group and a sedentary control group. The physical exercise program is an eight-week program, administered three times per week in small groups. Compliance, parent-rated anxiety, and salivary cortisol will be measured before and after completion of the exercise and control group interventions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 6 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Diagnosis 6-12 years old
- •≥ 93rd percentile on CBCL or total score of ≥ 25 on SCARED
- •Able to attend 3x/week for 8 consecutive weeks
- •Able to follow instructions
- •CalOptima Insurance or Medicaid and ability to participate in moderate physical exercise
排除标准
- •Danger to themselves or others
- •Medical conditions that may pose a risk during exercise
- •Unable to participate in moderate physical exercise
- •Joining a regular physical exercise program in the last 4 weeks or planning to start or discontinue a regular physical exercise program in the next 8 weeks
- •Unable to attend 3x/week for 8 consecutive weeks
- •Visual, auditory or motor impairments, which would preclude participation in study activities
结局指标
主要结局
Anxiety rating
时间窗: Change from baseline at Week 8
Anxiety rating on the Child Behavior Checklist
次要结局
- Salivary Cortisol(Change from baseline at Week 8)
研究者
Jean Gehricke
Associate Professor
University of California, Irvine