Effects of a Task Oriented Intervention With Two Goal-setting Approaches

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Movement Disorder; Autism Spectrum Disorder; Learning Disability; Children

• Registration Number: NCT02160886
• Lead Sponsor: Region Gävleborg

Brief Summary

A randomized trial investigating if effects of a goal-directed task oriented intervention is influenced by who takes the decision and establishes the goal (the child or the parent) and whether establishing a goal per se influence performance and goal-achievement. The main hypothesis are that children's participation in the goal-setting process would positively influence goal achievement, children's self-identified goals would be achievable and that both groups would achieve goals that were the target of a goal-directed intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-10
• Primary Completion: 2014-01
• Study Completion: 2014-02
• Status Verified: 2014-06
• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-06-09
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-11
• Last Update Posted: 2014-06-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 34

Inclusion Criteria

• enrollment in pediatric rehabilitation, age between 5-12 years and any type of disability but functioning at or above a 5 year old level in receptive language.

Exclusion Criteria

• involvement in another block of intensive intervention during the 5-month study period

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)	Three times, at baseline, post-intervention (8-weeks) and follow-up (5-months)	The purpose of the Goal Attainment Scaling, GAS is to measure goal attainment. GAS is an individualized criterion-referenced measure it involves describing current performance and specifying a range of outcomes for a specific goal, using the scale to evaluate the individual change after a specific intervention period

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Performance scale of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure	Assesed once a week up to 11 weeks which include three baseline assesments and eight assesments during the egiht weeks intervention period	The performance scale of the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure is a 10 point rating scale of ability of performance of a specific task, the purpose is to detect change in an individual's perception of the occupational performance.
Beck Youth scales, subscale self-concept	Three times, at baseline, post-intervention (eigth weeks) and at follow-up (5-months)	The purpose of the subscale self-concept in the Beck Youth Scales is to measures the child's estimated perceived self-concept.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gävleborg County Council; 🇸🇪 Gävle, Sweden