Storytelling With or Without Social Contextual Information in Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Healthy; Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Storytelling without social contextual information; Behavioral: Storytelling with social contextual information; Other: Children with TD; Other: Children with ASD

• Registration Number: NCT04587557
• Lead Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Brief Summary

This study was to examine the effects of storytelling with or without contextual information on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typical development (TD).

Detailed Description

This was a 2 x 2 x 2 randomized controlled trial with 52 children (26 with ASD and 26 with TD) recruited in the community and randomized into four groups: 1) ASD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 2) ASD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information; 3) TD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 4) TD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information. All stories were photo-based and static in nature. The only difference between Group 1 and Group 2 was that the stories included and did not include social contextual information, respectively. Training was delivered in small groups, with eight sessions across four weeks, two sessions per week, and 30 minutes per session. Participants' total fixation duration (TFD), total visit duration (TVD), and total fixation count (TFC) on human faces from 20 photos and a video were recorded using the Tobii eye tracker.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-06
• Primary Completion: 2018-12
• Study Completion: 2018-12
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted: 2020-10-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 52

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• NA

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
TD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information	Children with TD	Storytelling without social contextual information for typically developed children
ASD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information	Storytelling without social contextual information	Storytelling without social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information	Storytelling with social contextual information	Storytelling with social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information	Children with ASD	Storytelling without social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
ASD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information	Children with ASD	Storytelling with social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
TD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information	Storytelling with social contextual information	Storytelling with social contextual information for typically developed children
TD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information	Children with TD	Storytelling with social contextual information for typically developed children
TD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information	Storytelling without social contextual information	Storytelling without social contextual information for typically developed children

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Eye gaze on the eye tracker	Change from baseline to 4 weeks	Total fixation count (TFC)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Trail Making Test	Change from baseline to 4 weeks	Trail Making Test B (TMT-B)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong