sing mobile technology to support relationship development, well-being and social participation of adults with a visual and intellectual disability.
- Conditions
- anxietyseparation anxiety10002861
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36452
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 6
Criteria for participation in this study are: being at least 18 years of age; having a visual disability in accordance to WHO criteria (blind persons are excluded); having an IQ between 40 and 70 (moderate to mild) acquired their disability before adulthood; regularly becoming distressed when left alone as shown on the PIMRA (see instruments); the capacity to physically use the touch-screen of the mobile device.
Adults with the diagnoses Autism Spectrum Disorder will be excluded from this study as well as persons who are deaf.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>All messages sent by the client and the caregivers will be registered on a<br /><br>webbased computerized data collection system. The kind of emotional message<br /><br>sent and the frequency of these in the different phases of the research will be<br /><br>used to examine the increasing quality of client-caregiver interaction and<br /><br>differentiation among caregivers.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method