Improvement in Preschoolers' Participation as a Result of Occupational Therapy Intervention

NCT ID: NCT02774135

Last Updated: 2021-04-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 52 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2017-05-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-04-19

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the improvement of participation in everyday occupation among preschool children with mild developmental disabilities as a result of Occupational Therapy intervention.

Detailed Description

Preschoolers suffering from mild developmental disabilities are being referred to Occupational Therapy (OT) clinics according to limitation in participating of daily occupations. As well these children often demonstrate behavior or emotional difficulties. The primary treatment goal is promoting participation yet many times the treatment focuses on child's performance skills and not on occupation based activities. Respectively its outcome measures are the child performance skills. This study will document the therapeutic intervention, and evaluate its impact on child participation as well on his performance skills and emotional aspects. Participants will be recruited from waiting list for Occupational Therapy at Clalit Health services, Child Development Institute, and will be evaluate four times. First time on referral to waiting list ( At the present time due to long waiting list, children are waiting about three to four months before starting OT intervention), second time before treatment, third time after three of treatments and last follow-up after three months.

Conditions

Limited Participation in Daily Life Activities

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

direct occupational therapy intervention

group will be evaluated 4 times: on referral to waiting list for treatment, before and after 9-12 direct individual treatments of 45 minutes, and follow-up after 3 months.

direct occupational therapy intervention

Intervention Type: OTHER

Short term direct individual occupational therapy (9-12 weeks).Participants will receive occupational therapy intervention according to health law. The study will document the therapeutic intervention implemented in practice using the Documentation of Occupational Therapy Session during Intervention (DOTSI).

Interventions

direct occupational therapy intervention

Short term direct individual occupational therapy (9-12 weeks).Participants will receive occupational therapy intervention according to health law. The study will document the therapeutic intervention implemented in practice using the Documentation of Occupational Therapy Session during Intervention (DOTSI).

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• kindergarten students of regular education
• Hebrew speaking

Exclusion Criteria

• Students of special education
• Attending physiotherapy or psychology treatments
• Autistic Spectrum Disorder
• Cerebral Palsy
• Spina Bifida
• Developmental Intellectual Disabilities
• Blindness
• Deafness

• Minimum Eligible Age: 54 Months
• Maximum Eligible Age: 83 Months
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Tel Aviv University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Clalit Health Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Gary Leonard Robinson

Dr, MD, Pediatrics

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Leonard G Robinson, Md

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Clalit Health Services

Locations

Clalit Health Services

Tel Aviv, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

COM150203CTIL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id