Clinical trial NCT06527118: The Effect of Self-Care Education on Self-Care Skills and School Sociality
Official title: The Effect of Self-Care Education Given to Children With Educable Mental Disabilities on Children's Self-Care Skills and School Social Behaviors
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Education
Intellectual Disabilities With Other Behavioral Symptoms
Keywords: Child with intellectual disabilities
self-care
socialization
Lead sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-30
Enrollment: 34
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 6
Maximum age (years): 10
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: pretest-posttest, follow-up control group
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The aim of this study is to examine the effect of self-care education given to children with educable intellectual disabilities on children\&#39;s self-care skills and school social behaviors.

H1a: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups in the \&#34;Eating Skills\&#34; subscale of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1b: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Dressing Skills\&#34; sub-dimension of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1c: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Personal Care Skills\&#34; sub-dimension of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1d: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Social Competence\&#34; sub-dimension of the School Social Behavior Assessment Scale according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

Detailed description: H1a: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups in the \&#34;Eating Skills\&#34; subscale of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1b: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Dressing Skills\&#34; sub-dimension of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1c: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Personal Care Skills\&#34; sub-dimension of the Self-Care Skills Checklist according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

H1d: There is a difference between the mean scores of the children in the experimental and control groups on the \&#34;Social Competence\&#34; sub-dimension of the School Social Behavior Assessment Scale according to time (pretest, posttest, 1st follow-up, 2nd follow-up).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* The child has mild and moderate intellectual disability (Determined by the health reports available at the institution. Children with mild and moderate intellectual disability were included in the study).
* Between the ages of 6 and 10
* Volunteering to participate in the study and signing the informed consent form by the child's parent
* Following verbal instructions (determined by the reports given as a result of the evaluation conducted by the Guidance and Research Center)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Physical disability in addition to mental disability
* Getting sick or having an attack during work
* Illiteracy of parents

Primary outcomes:
measure: Self-care Skills Checklist Scale
timeFrame: 12 Weeks
measure: School Social Behavior Scale
timeFrame: 12 Weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: İzmir
country: Turkey
facility: Dokuz Eylul University
state: Balçova
Study officials:
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