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Online Occupational Therapy on Occupational Balance, Well-being and Quality of Life in Syrian Refugee Children

NCT05233345 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2022-02-10

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Summary

Cognitive and learning difficulties created by traumatic events related to difficulties and trauma experienced during the Syrian civil war and resettlement period in Turkey might have been complicated by the limitations of the COVID19 pandemic. Thus, it is of utmost importance to find out and implement effective and feasible ways of intervention to ameliorate adverse effects of the refugee experience and COVID19 pandemic on cognitive functions, well-being, quality of life, and occupational balance in these children. Thus, this research was designed a randomized controlled trial in which examining the effects of a customized online occupational training program encompassing various activities on the aforementioned aspects of refugee children resettled in Turkey.

The present study was designed as a randomized controlled study, including pre-post testing. Occupational balance, well-being and health-related quality of life were evaluated via the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ11), Well Star Scale (WSS) and the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). The intervention group attended online occupational therapy classes. Online classes were carried out as 5 sessions per week, each session lasting 1 hour, for 3 weeks. Questionnaires performed at the outset of the study and following the training program. Overall, 52 refugee children were randomized into intervention and control groups, each including 26 children. The mean WSS, PedsQL and OBQ11 scores significantly improved in the intervention group than in the control group. This was the first study investigating the effects of a customized online training course on well-being, occupational balance and quality of life in Syrian refugee children, also affected unfavorably by COVID19 lockdown. The results showed significant improvements in all study scales that we used to quantify the alterations in the aforementioned traits.

Conditions

  • Occupational Balance
  • Well-being
  • Quality of Life
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Refugee
  • Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Occupational Therapy

online occupational therapy sessions are based on the activity training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hacettepe University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sümeyye Belhan Çelik, PhD · Hacettepe University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-12-13
Primary Completion
2020-12-31
Completion
2021-03-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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