Effects of Parent-child Co-participation in Physical Activity on Physical Activity Levels and Motor Skills of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Quasi-experimental Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- The Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ)
研究概览
简要总结
Literature reviews and studies of physical activity (PA) interventions suggest that active parental involvement is an important component of supporting PA levels in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Parents have also viewed these interventions as a valuable source of social support and motivation for themselves and their children with ASD; however, parents have reported a lack of PA interventions specifically involving parental involvement to increase PA levels in their children.
To our knowledge, only a handful of PA studies in the literature have examined PA levels or fundamentals movement skills (FMS) in children with ASD and have included parental involvement. Overall, findings from previous studies have shown that PA interventions that include parental involvement successfully improve PA levels and FMS in children with ASD. Given the potential benefits and the increasing interest in family-based interventions, supporting parent-child co-participation in PA may be a possible strategy to promote PA among children and parents. To date, studies on parent-child co-participation in PA have mostly focused on improving PA levels and FMS in children with ASD using web-based interventions such as social media, websites, and online systems. Furthermore, with the exception of two studies, the focus of these studies was on PA levels and not FMS in children with ASD. Furthermore, not all previous studies have created PA groups with and without parental involvement to explore whether parent-child co-participation truly makes a difference. We addressed these limitations in the current study and used a design that included a parent-child PA group, a child PA group, and a control group to examine both PA levels and FMS in children with ASD. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of parent-child co-participation on PA levels and FMS in children with ASD.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 11 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •willingness to participate in the study,
- •being the primary guardian of a child with ASD between,
- •having an ASD diagnosis confirmed GARS-2-TV,
- •being between the ages of four and eleven,
- •being able to walk independently.
排除标准
- •those who do not attend at least one of the sessions of the training program,
- •children with physical health problems (based on self-report and clinical diagnosis) will be excluded from the study.
研究组 & 干预措施
parent-child group
This group included parental involvement. Parents and children engaged in PA together three days a week, each session lasting approximately one hour.
干预措施: A parent-child co-participation in physical activity (Behavioral)
child group
This group did not include parental involvement. Only children with ASD engaged in PA three days a week, each session lasting approximately 1 hour.
干预措施: A parent-child co-participation in physical activity (Behavioral)
control group
This group continued their normal routines and activities throughout the intervention.
结局指标
主要结局
The Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ)
时间窗: 8 weeks
The Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ) was used to assess children's PA levels before and after the intervention. The LTEQ consists of three questions that seek information on the number of times children engage in mild, moderate, and strenuous intensity PA for at least 15 minutes in a typical week. It was applied to the participants in the intervention groups twice, before and after 8 weeks.
次要结局
- The Test of Gross Motor Development-3 (TGMD-3)(8 weeks)
研究者
Erkan Yarımkaya
Assoc. Prof. Dr
Bayburt University