Connecting Rural Children to Therapy Supports: A Trial of Telepractice for Allied Health Service Provisio

Completed

• Conditions: ifelong disability; Lifelong disability; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Speech therapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001155482
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-08-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 15

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria for children/adolescents:
a) Child or adolescent aged 0-18 years
b) Living in a rural or remote community in Australia
c) Eligibility for Individual Funded Packages under the National Disability Insurance Scheme
d) Have identified goals and support needs that may be supported by speech pathology and/or occupational therapy
e) Access to a computer or tablet with camera and microphone, and reliable internet connection, either within the family home or via alternative venues in the community (e.g., Maternal and Child Health Centres, schools, or Primary Health Networks).
f) Parental/legal guardian written informed consent and willingness to comply with the study
g) Child’s verbal assent (wherever possible) to participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children's attainment of therapy goals (outcome measure selected according to individual therapy goals of each child, for example Goal Attainment Scale [GAS] or Canadian Occupational Performance Measure [COPM] or other standardised assessment measure)[At completion of therapy episode, or after 12 weeks (whichever occurs first)]