Clinical trial NCT05186103: Activities of Daily Living Participation Characteristics Among School-Aged Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Official title: Participation of Children With Autism Using Parental Reporting Tools Combined With a Performance-based Tool, the Washing Hands Structured Observation (WashHO).
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder
Keywords: ASD
self care
ADL
daily function
executive functions
Lead sponsor: University of Haifa
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-01-11
Enrollment: 53
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Study participants with an ASD diagnosis were recruited from special education schools, special education classes located in regular schools, or mainstream schools through parent referral.no significant group differences were found for the participants' age, gender, socioeconomic status, or religion.

Brief summary: This study aimed to investigate the performance of activities of daily living (ADL) among 53 children ages 6-10 years: 17 with high-severity ASD (HS-ASD), 16 with low-severity ASD (LS-ASD), and 20 controls with typical development. Methods: The assessment combined a parent-reported questionnaire (the Participation in Childhood Occupation; PICO) alongside the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI self-care) and Performance-based task, the Washing Hands Structured Observation (WashHO).

Detailed description: study objectives were to:

(a) Examine participation characteristics in self-care and daily activities of school-age children with HS-ASD and LS-ASD compared to children with typical development, based on the parent-reported Participation in Childhood Occupation Questionnaire (PICO-Q) for ASD and PEDI (b) Establish the validity and reliability of the WashHO assessment.

The research hypotheses were (A) Significant differences will be found among children with HS-ASD, children with LS-ASD, and children with typical development in results of the PICO-Q and the PEDI self-care subtest of independence.

(B1) The internal consistency of the WashHO assessment will be at a Cronbach alpha level equal to or greater than 70.

(B2) Significant differences will be found among children with HS-ASD, LS-ASD, and typical development in the WashHO assessment performance criteria, thus establishing the WashHO's discriminate validity.

(B3) Significant correlations will be found among the four PICO-Q ADL items, which involve performing a sequence of actions (bathing, hygiene, clothing, and washing hands) and the WashHO assessment performance scores, establishing its convergent validity.

(B4) Significant correlations will be found among the WashHO performance and degree of independence scores and the PEDI independence subtest in self-care, establishing the WashHO's concurrent validity.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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* study groups- ASD diagnosis provided by pediatricians or clinical psychologists according to DSM-5 criteria (APA, 2013).

Exclusion Criteria:

* without ASD formal diagnosis

Primary outcomes:
measure: PICO-Q ASD
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 3 Months
measure: PEDI Self-Care Subtest
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 3 Months
measure: the Washing Hands Structured Observation (WashHO)
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 3 Months
Secondary outcomes:
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Locations:
city: Haifa
country: Israel
facility: Hana Levy-Dayan
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Haifa
name: Sara Rosenblum, Phd
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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