Effects of a Task Oriented Intervention for Children With Disabilities, Based on Children's or Parent's Goals, a Randomized Study.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Region Gävleborg
- Enrollment
- 34
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)
Study Overview
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 5 Years to 12 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Arms & Interventions
Child-goal
The children will receive goal- directed task oriented interventions based on goals identified by the children themselves, using the Swedish version of the Perceived Efficacy and Goal Setting System (PEGS).
A PEGS interview will be performed with the children. The children identifies tasks they find difficult to perform and prioritize three tasks, they want to perform better, as goals for intervention.
Intervention: child-goal (Behavioral)
Parent-goal
The children will receive goal- directed task oriented interventions based on goals identified by the parents using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM).
Using the COPM interview technique, the parents are encouraged to talk about an ordinary day to identify occupational performance issues their child is not able to perform. Identified performance issues are rated for importance and the parents selects the three most important issues as goals for intervention.
Intervention: parent-goal (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS)
Time Frame: 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 Outcomes
- 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)
- Beck Youth scales, subscale self-concept(Three times, at baseline, post-intervention (eigth weeks) and at follow-up (5-months))
Investigators
Kristina Vroland Nordstrand
PhD-student
Region Gävleborg