Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of Visual Aids in Patient Education in Adults With Down Syndrome (DS)

January 21, 2019 updated by: Brian Chicoine, Advocate Health Care

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of using videos depicting people with DS to teach other adults with DS to perform healthy behaviors.

Hypothesis: Videos of adults with DS performing healthy behaviors is a more effective way to promote healthy behaviors by adults with DS than other methods tested.

This project will study whether videos showing a person with DS washing his hands correctly can improve hand washing by other adults with DS.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The subjects will be recruited and identified and consented. Subjects will be randomized to one of 4 groups.

i. Verbal instructions on hand washing with pictures (using the Illinois department of public health tools) ii. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of the ADSC iii. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of an adult without DS washing his hands iv. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of an adult with DS washing his hands.

Videos of the handwashing process will be taken pre intervention and then again post intervention.

Scoring assessments will be completed upon review of the 2 files by 2 separate study team members, the second of which will be blinded to the information they will be reviewing.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Illinois
      • Park Ridge, Illinois, United States, 60068
        • Adult Down Syndrome Center / Russell Institute for Research and Innovation

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • People with Down syndrome receiving care at Advocate
  • No known sensitivity to soap

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women, prisoners
  • Known sensitivity to soap

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Verbal instructions with picture diagram
hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a picture diagram of handwashing.
Behavioral: Verbal instructions with picture diagram
verbal instructions and picture diagram
Other: Verbal instructions with video of ADSC
hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a video of the adult down syndrome center
Behavioral: Verbal instructions with video of ADSC
Verbal instructions and watching video depicting ADSC
Other: verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS
hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and viewing an educational video depicting a person without down syndrome washing their hands.
Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS
verbal instructions and watching video depicting person without DS washing her hands
Other: verbal instructions w.video w/DS
hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and watching an educational video depicting a person with down syndrome washing their hands.
Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video w/DS
verbal instructions and watching video depicting person with DS washing his hands

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Score on handwashing checklist
Time Frame: 2 minutes
2 minute videos will be reviewed and scored twice. First by research coordinator then by blinded reviewer. Scores will be compared and reported.
2 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Advocate Health Care

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Brian Chicoine, MD, Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

August 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

October 25, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 27, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 6, 2016

First Posted (Estimate)

September 12, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 23, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 21, 2019

Last Verified

January 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 6360

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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