Legacy of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023

This research aims to evaluate the impact of the project "170 Nations - 170 Inclusive Communities" of the Special Olympics World Games 2023 (SOWG 23) on sustain inclusive structures for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The research utilizes a quasi-experimental research design and a qualitative research design and will synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to display successful and non-successful interventions for more inclusive communities. The research will target 56 host communities of SOWG 23 and 56 non-host communities, interviewing 200 people with ID and a minimum of 400 key stakeholders, as well as conducting qualitative interviews and focus groups.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Inclusion, Social
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Inclusive events

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 700
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Wolfgang Ruf, PhD; Phone Number: +49 (030) 577 97 37 370; Email: wolfgang.ruf@dhgs-hochschule.de

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Berlin, Germany, 10587
    • Recruiting
    • German University of Health and Sport
    • Contact: Wolfgang Ruf, PhD

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• legal age

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Participants living in Host Towns; Participants live in Host Towns, where a delegation of athletes are hosted for one week. Furthermore, Host Town coordinator organize several inclusive events.	Behavioral: Inclusive events; Inclusive events such as inclusive sport festivals, citizen festivals or working groups at school are organized
No Intervention: Participants not living in Host Towns; Participants where no delegeation of athletes are hosted and no inclusive events are organized by Host Town coordinator.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
ATTID-Questionnaire	Attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities will be measured via the ATTID-questionnaire. It measures three dimensions of attitudes : emotional, cognitive and behavioral. The questionnaire was validated for German language. Moren Information on https://chaireditc.uqam.ca/attid-en/	Change from baseline (T1) attitudes toward people with intellectual disability (ATTID-Questionnaire) at 3-4 month (T2) and 8-9 month (T3)

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: German University of Health and Sports
• Investigators: Study Chair: Wolfgang Ruf, PhD, German University of Health and Sports

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): December 1, 2023
• Study Completion (Anticipated): May 1, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 4, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 23, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 23, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 12, 2023
• Last Verified: May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: SOWG Studie

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No