Effects of VR in Children With DCD: Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Virtual Reality; Motor Skills Disorders; Executive Dysfunction; Participation, Patient; Sensory Disorder; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Visual Perceptual Weakness
• Interventions: Other: virtual reality; Other: conventional occupational therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06246318
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to examine the effect of VR application on motor, cognitive and sensory-perceptual skills, and activity and participation levels in children with DCD.

The hypotheses on which the study proposal is based are as follows:

1. H0: VR application has no effect on motor skills in children with DCD. H1: VR application has an effect on motor skills in children with DCD.

2. H0: VR application has no effect on cognitive skills in children with DCD. H1: VR application has an effect on cognitive skills in children with DCD.

3. H0: VR application has no effect on sensory-perception skills in children with DCD.

H1: VR application has an effect on sensory-perception skills in children with DCD.

4. H0: VR application has no effect on the functional independence levels in daily living activities in children with DCD.

H1: VR application has an effect on the functional independence levels in daily living activities in children with DCD.

5. H0: VR application has no effect on participation levels in children with DCD. H1: VR application has an effect on participation levels in children with DCD.

Detailed Description

Within the scope of our aims;

* To determine the gross motor skill levels of children with DCD and to obtain the effect of VR application on gross motor skill levels.

* To determine the executive function skill levels of children with DCD and to obtain the effect of VR application on executive function skill levels.

* To determine the sensory-perception skill levels of children with DCD and to obtain the effect of VR application on sensory-perception skill levels.

* To determine the functional independence of children with DCD in daily life and to obtain the effect of VR application on their functional independence levels.

* It is aimed to determine the participation levels of children with DCD and to obtain the effect of VR application on their participation levels.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-01-17
• Study Start: 2024-01-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-07
• Primary Completion: 2024-03-30
• Status Verified: 2024-04
• Study Completion: 2024-04-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-04-04
• Last Update Posted: 2024-04-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

• Being between 5-8 years old,
• It is to get 15-46 points from the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire for ages 5-7 and 15-55 points for ages 8.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who are receiving any other therapy program,
• have vision (other than glasses) or hearing problems,
• Children with any neurological disorder will not be included in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
virtual reality plus conventional occupational therapy	conventional occupational therapy	Virtual reality will be given to the study group in addition to the conventional occupational therapy program. Nintendo Wii Fit Plus will be used as the virtual reality method in the research.
virtual reality plus conventional occupational therapy	virtual reality	Virtual reality will be given to the study group in addition to the conventional occupational therapy program. Nintendo Wii Fit Plus will be used as the virtual reality method in the research.
conventional occupational therapy	conventional occupational therapy	This is a control group. Sensory integration and gross motor training approaches are used in the conventional occupational therapy program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Test of Gross Motor Development-2	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	Assessment of gross and fine motor skills
Sensory İntegration and praxis test	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	It is a standardized test developed by Ayres that evaluates in detail sensory perception and sensory perception-related skills in children between the ages of 4 and 8 years and 11 months. SIPT consists of a total of 17 subtests.
Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-3	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	Assessment of visual perception

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM)	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	functional independence was assessed with the Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).
CHILDHOOD EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING INVENTORY (CHEXI) FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	Working memory and inhibitory control levels will be evaluated with CHEXI.
Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY)	It will be applied 8 weeks after the first evaluations are made.	The PEM-CY is a measure that evaluates participation in the home, at school, and in the community, alongside environmental factors within each of these settings.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hacettepe University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Sıhhiye, Turkey