Immersive Room for Visual Attention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder; Autism
• Interventions: Behavioral: Immersive room; Behavioral: stimuli in a paper format

• Registration Number: NCT05930873
• Lead Sponsor: Istituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione Biomedica

Brief Summary

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by language delay, impaired social interactions, and repetitive behaviors. Its manifestation varies among individuals due to genetic and environmental factors. Technology-based interventions, such as robots, serious games, virtual reality and immersive room, have shown better results in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of ASD. Visual attention, which is often deficient in individuals with ASD, is a focus in these interventions, as it can aid stimulus processing. Virtual reality offers a more ecological environment for such interventions.

In this study, it has been demonstrated the effectiveness of virtual reality training by comparing the performance of an ASD group delivering treatment through the immersive room with a control group delivering traditional treatment.

Fifteen children with ASD between the ages of 5 and 10 years, with IQs between 55 and 85 will be included in the trial and, following an assessment related to visual attention processes, will be randomly assigned to the control group and the experimental group. The trial participants will, first, undergo structured sessions to foster or increase the receptive area related to the stimuli to which they will be subjected during the training.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-01
• Status Verified: 2023-06
• Study First Submitted: 2023-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-06-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-06-29
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-05
• Last Update Posted: 2023-07-05
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-30
• Study Completion: 2024-04-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Child with diagnosis of autism

Exclusion Criteria

• presence of other medical disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
experimental group	Immersive room	treatment within an immersive room
control group	stimuli in a paper format	Traditional Treatment by presenting image stimuli in a paper format

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth edition (WISC-IV)	The evaluation session will be scheduled pre-intervention. The test needs approximately 65-80 minutes to complete.	Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth edition (WISC-IV) is a clinical tool for assessing the cognitive abilities of children and young people between the ages of 6 years and 16 years and 11 months.
NEPSY-II	The evaluation sessions will be scheduled pre and post intervention.The test needs approximately 90 minutes to complete for preschool children and 120-180 minutes for school-age children	NEPSY-II is the most internationally known battery for assessing neuropsychological development in developmental age.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute for Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB) - National Research Council (CNR); 🇮🇹 Messina, Italy