A Teleintervention in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

May 2, 2018 updated by: Université de Sherbrooke

A Randomized Feasibility Trial Evaluating a Teleintervention for Families of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)

The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in planning and execution of motor coordination activities like dressing, sports and writing. Increasing parents' capacity to manage their children's needs is part of the recommended DCD best practices, as soon as children are suspected to have DCD or early following diagnosis. Parents' capacity could be increased through simple, community-based interventions using a consultative approach. Using the Internet could be an interesting avenue to develop public community-based services and build parents' capacity to manage their child with DCD. The feasibility of recruiting and using the Internet to build parents' capacity is however unknown, since no such study have been conducted.

This randomized feasibility trail will experiment a teleintervention, characterized by a virtual interaction between a health professional and a user by Internet, for children with DCD. The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention. As part of the evaluation of acceptability, the impact of the teleintervention on parental competencies will be explored. At the end of the 3-months randomized feasibility trial, the influence of the number of participants on the utilization of the teleintervention will be explored by providing access to the teleintervention to all participants (control and intervention).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

31

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

    • Quebec
      • Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1E 3A4
        • CR CHUS

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

5 years to 12 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • A DCD medical diagnostic (or DCD medical hypothesis)
  • Must be at or under the 16e percentile for the global score at the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) or be at or under the 5e for one of the 3 subscale of the MABC-2.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Do not have other neurodevelopmental diagnoses, with the exception of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Do not receive rehabilitation services for DCD in the public health care system

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: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Teleintervention
Participants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form.
Participants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form.
No Intervention: No intervention
Participants of this group will have access to the following section of the web plate-form: information, which is consistent with the standard of care for many families of children with DCD, who only have access to online information but do not have access to any type of intervention.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Utilization of the teleintervention
Time Frame: 3 months (from day 1 to study completion)
Time spent on the web plate-form (calculated in minutes, time spent on the plate-form during the 3 months teleintervention)
3 months (from day 1 to study completion)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Recruitment and retention
Time Frame: Number of participants at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Number of participants recruited and retention rate
Number of participants at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' sense of competencies
Time Frame: Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parenting Sense of Competence Scale
Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' satisfaction with the intervention
Time Frame: At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention)
Qualitative interviews
At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention)

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Chantal Camden, CR CHUS

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 6, 2017

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 12, 2017

Study Completion (Actual)

July 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

April 27, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 4, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

May 5, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 8, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 2, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • usherbrooke

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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