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Effect of a Social Script iPAD Application for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

NCT01655485 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2013-08-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the research is to test the effectiveness of the social story intervention delivered using the iPAD application "Going to Imaging" on the anxiety, challenging child behaviors, child injuries and completion rates among children with ASD undergoing medical imaging procedures. A secondary purpose is to test the effect of this intervention on the anxiety levels of the parents of ASD children undergoing medical imaging procedures.

Hypotheses:

H1: Children with ASD who are exposed to a story book "Here the investigators go to medical imaging (x-ray)" to prepare for medical imaging compared with children with ASD exposed to treatment as usual (TAU) will have:

1. Lower anxiety as measured by heart rate respiratory rate, and blood pressure (baseline compared to up to two hours later).
2. Exhibit fewer challenging behaviors as measured by a behavior observation scale (developed for the study (up to 2 hours after baseline)
3. Higher procedure completion rate.
4. Shorter time to complete a procedure.
5. Less child injuries.

H2: Compared to parents of ASD children exposed to treatment as usual (TAU), parents of children with ASD who are exposed to a story book "Here the investigators go to medical imaging (x-ray)" to prepare for medical imaging will have:
6. Lower state anxiety as measured by the State Anxiety Inventory ( baseline ).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Patient teaching

The Social script application is an story book on the iPAD with photos and script explaining the steps of getting a medical image such as a CAT scan from the perspective of the child.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Marquette University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Norah L Johnson, PhD · Children's Hospital and Health System Foundation, Wisconsin

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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