Let's Get Organized Feasibility Study

Summary

The aim of this study is to pilot test the Let's Get Organized (LGO) Occupational Therapy intervention in a Swedish context by exploring possible enhancements in time management skills, aspects of executive functioning, and satisfaction with daily occupations in persons with time-management difficulties due to neurodevelopmental and/or mental disorders.

Method:

A pre-post design with 3 and 12-months follow-up is used.

The LGO intervention is a manual-based group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders. The LGO is conducted as 10 weekly 1.5-hour group sessions. Two trained group leaders, lead each group of 6-8 participants. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. All group sessions follow the same format, and each session has a set theme. Group sessions are structured with a slide presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete.

The primary outcome of the study is self-reported time management measured by the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S). Secondary outcomes are executive functioning measured with the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) and satisfaction with daily occupations, which is measured with the interview-administered questionnaire Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13).

Data will be collected before intervention start (pre intervention), after intervention completion (post intervention) and 3 and 12 months post intervention completion. The ATMS will be collected at all four time points. The WCPA and SDO-13 will be collected pre, post and 12 months post intervention.

Conditions

• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Mental Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Let's Get Organized

Group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopment disorders. Each group has 6-8 participants and is lead by two trained group leaders. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. Group sessions are structured with a PowerPoint presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dalarna County Council, Sweden

  collaborator OTHER

• Region Örebro County

  collaborator OTHER

• Uppsala University

  collaborator OTHER

• Region Gävleborg

  collaborator OTHER

• State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Örebro University, Sweden

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Marie Holmefur, PhD · Örebro University, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-03-01

Primary Completion

2016-06-30

Completion

2017-06-30