A clinical trial to study the effect of adding handwriting based therapy with conventional occupational therapy in fine motor skills of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F840- Autistic disorder
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/03/050264
- Lead Sponsor
- Catherine Jacob
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1Age: 3-12 years
2ISAA score between: 70 to 153
3IQ of above 80
4Visual acuity >6/60
5Parents willing to get the child for regular therapy sessions during the study period
Exclusion Criteria
1.Spasticity/dystonia impairing hand grip
2.Children with hyperactivity impairing administration of HBT
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the change in Test of Handwriting Skills (THS) scores between children with ASD undergoing hybrid occupational therapy (test group) and those children with ASD undergoing conventional occupational therapy (control group) after 12 weeks of initiation of therapy.Timepoint: 12 weeks - THS
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To compare the change in Indian Scale of Assessment of Autism (ISAA) score at 6 months after initiation of therapy. <br/ ><br> 2. To study the Quality of Life (QoL) of parents of children with ASD. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 1. ISAA score at 06 months <br/ ><br>2. QoL score of parents during study period