A Teleintervention in Developmental Coordination Disorder

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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).

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

Conditions
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Developmental Coordination Disorder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Teleintervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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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

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 5 Years
Maximum Age: 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Teleintervention<br>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. | Behavioral: Teleintervention<br>* 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.<br>|
| No Intervention: No intervention<br>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?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Utilization of the teleintervention | 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 | 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 | Parenting Sense of Competence Scale | Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later) | 
| Parents' satisfaction with the intervention | Qualitative interviews | At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention) |