Clinical trial NCT04546464: The Effects of Therapeutic Recreation Activities on Aberrant Behaviours of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities
Official title: The Effects of Therapeutic Recreation Activities on Aberrant Behaviours of Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Therapeutic Recreation
Intellectual Disability
Recreational Activities
Aberrant Behaviors
Lead sponsor: Selcuk University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-09-14
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 15
Maximum age (years): 21
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of Therapeutic Recreation Activities on Aberrant Behavior of Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities.

The research was carried out at Meram Melike Hatun Special Education Vocational School in Konya. The study took place between May 2019 and June 2019. The parents of the participants who participated in the study consisted of the experimental group (n = 16) and the remaining parents (n = 16) formed the control group and the sample group (n = 32). The personal information form which measures demographic characteristics developed by the researchers according to the literature, and The Aberrant Behavior Checklist Scale were used. Data were analyzed in SPSS statistics 23 program. According to Shapiro Wilk test, sample group was not normal. For this reason, non-parametric tests were performed. In descriptive data, the mean, number, percentage will be used; Comparative statistics were made according to the assumptions of non-parametric test (Wilcoxon test, Mann Whitney U test). Therapeutic Recreation Activities was applied as total of 16 sessions, consisting of two sessions per week and each session lasting about 1 hour. The program was implemented by researcher.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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Exclusion Criteria:

Having a physical disability, Having Down syndrome

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Aberrant Behavior Checklist total score
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The sub-factor score level of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist have been labeled as follows: Hyperactivity.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The sub-factor score level of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist have been labeled as follows: Lethargy
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The sub-factor score level of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist have been labeled as follows: Stereotypic Behavior
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The sub-factor score level of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist have been labeled as follows: Self-injury
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: The sub-factor score level of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist have been labeled as follows: Others behaviors
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Selcuk University
Study officials:
affiliation: Researcher
name: Özlem Zengin, pHD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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