Parental Perspectives of Using Toy Cars on Social Interactions of Preschool Children With Mobility Impairments

NCT02682043 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 15/0131
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 5
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate parental attitudes towards their child who has a mobility impairment, to using a modified electric toy car, and to evaluate from their perspective, if it facilitated social interaction for their child with mobility impairment.

Conditions

Children; Mobility Limitation; Spina Bifida; Attitude to Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Parent Interview

  Semi-structured interview investigating impact on child's play and social experiences, reactions of child and others; barriers to using car; parent response and emotions to child using car; ideas to improve the experience; would they/child continue to use the toy car.

  on completion of 8 week trial

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Psychosocial Impact of Assistive Devices Scale (PIADS) - Jutai & Day 2002

  Baseline and on completion of 8 week trial

Study Arms (1)

Toy car

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention is the provision of an electric toy car. This toy car will be modified to meet the postural and hand control preference of each child participant.

Device: Toy car

Interventions

Toy car DEVICE

The intervention is the provision of an electric toy car. This toy car will be modified to meet the postural and hand control preference of each child participant. The child will have the toy car for an 8 week trial period. Parents and child will be instructed in the safe use of the toy car, given written guidelines, and encouraged to use frequently. Parents will keep a log of what days they use the toy car, where and for how long.

Toy car

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Months - 47 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children aged between 12 months and 3 years, 11 months.
• Parents or Guardians aged 18 years and over, fluent English language speakers.
• Children who are unable to walk independently.
• Children who have no experience of using powered wheelchairs.
• Children who do not have a diagnosed severe learning disability.
• Children, who are medically stable, do not require ventilation or suction and can maintain upright head positioning when seated on a flat surface.

You may not qualify if:

• Children with a diagnosis of severe learning disability.
• Children, who are currently medically unwell, require ventilation, suction and can't maintain an upright head position when seated on a flat surface.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Ulster: lead
• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mobility Limitation; Spinal Dysraphism

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neural Tube Defects; Nervous System Malformations; Nervous System Diseases; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Officials

• Jackie Casey, MSc

  University of Ulster

  STUDY CHAIR

• Laura McKeown, PhD

  University of Ulster

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 26, 2016
• First Posted: February 15, 2016
• Study Start: February 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: September 1, 2016
• Last Updated: November 9, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share