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sing mobile technology to support relationship development, well-being and social participation of adults with a visual and intellectual disability.

Completed
Conditions
anxiety
separation anxiety
10002861
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
Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

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
NameTimeMethod
<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
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