Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of Visual Aids in Patient Education in Adults With Down Syndrome (DS)

NCT02895802 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 6360
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of using videos depicting people with DS to teach other adults with DS to perform healthy behaviors. Hypothesis: Videos of adults with DS performing healthy behaviors is a more effective way to promote healthy behaviors by adults with DS than other methods tested. This project will study whether videos showing a person with DS washing his hands correctly can improve hand washing by other adults with DS.

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Keywords

down syndrome

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Score on handwashing checklist

  2 minute videos will be reviewed and scored twice. First by research coordinator then by blinded reviewer. Scores will be compared and reported.

  2 minutes

Study Arms (4)

Verbal instructions with picture diagram

OTHER

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a picture diagram of handwashing.

Behavioral: Verbal instructions with picture diagram

Verbal instructions with video of ADSC

OTHER

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a video of the adult down syndrome center

Behavioral: Verbal instructions with video of ADSC

verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS

OTHER

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and viewing an educational video depicting a person without down syndrome washing their hands.

Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS

verbal instructions w.video w/DS

OTHER

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and watching an educational video depicting a person with down syndrome washing their hands.

Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video w/DS

Interventions

Verbal instructions with picture diagram BEHAVIORAL

verbal instructions and picture diagram

Verbal instructions with picture diagram

Verbal instructions with video of ADSC BEHAVIORAL

Verbal instructions and watching video depicting ADSC

Verbal instructions with video of ADSC

verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS BEHAVIORAL

verbal instructions and watching video depicting person without DS washing her hands

verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS

verbal instructions w. video w/DS BEHAVIORAL

verbal instructions and watching video depicting person with DS washing his hands

verbal instructions w.video w/DS

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• People with Down syndrome receiving care at Advocate
• No known sensitivity to soap

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women, prisoners
• Known sensitivity to soap

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Adult Down Syndrome Center / Russell Institute for Research and Innovation

Park Ridge, Illinois, 60068, United States

Location

Related Publications (5)

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  PMID: 21352207 RESULT

• Parker RM, Ratzan SC, Lurie N. Health literacy: a policy challenge for advancing high-quality health care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2003 Jul-Aug;22(4):147-53. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.22.4.147.

  PMID: 12889762 RESULT

• Lee RL, Lee PH. To evaluate the effects of a simplified hand washing improvement program in schoolchildren with mild intellectual disability: a pilot study. Res Dev Disabil. 2014 Nov;35(11):3014-25. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.07.016. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

  PMID: 25124699 RESULT

• Kagohara DM, van der Meer L, Ramdoss S, O'Reilly MF, Lancioni GE, Davis TN, Rispoli M, Lang R, Marschik PB, Sutherland D, Green VA, Sigafoos J. Using iPods((R)) and iPads((R)) in teaching programs for individuals with developmental disabilities: a systematic review. Res Dev Disabil. 2013 Jan;34(1):147-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.07.027. Epub 2012 Aug 30.

  PMID: 22940168 RESULT

• Global consensus conference: final recommendations. Am J Infect Control. 1999 Dec;27(6):503-13. doi: 10.1016/s0196-6553(99)70029-5. No abstract available.

  PMID: 10586155 RESULT

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Down Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Intellectual Disability; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Abnormalities, Multiple; Congenital Abnormalities; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Chromosome Disorders; Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Study Officials

• Brian Chicoine, MD

  Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 27, 2016
• First Posted: September 12, 2016
• Study Start: August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2016
• Study Completion: October 25, 2017
• Last Updated: October 4, 2024

Record last verified: 2019-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)