Let's Get Organized Feasibility Study

NCT03659279 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ORU 2015/015
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 75
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief 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

Keywords

Time management; Group intervention; Executive function

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Time management sub scale

  Time management (11 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) No of appointments

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

• Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Total time

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

• Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Strategies

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

• Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Rules followed

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

• Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Activity sub scale

  baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

Study Arms (1)

Let's Get Organized

EXPERIMENTAL

Group intervention with 10 weekly sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours.

Behavioral: Let's Get Organized

Interventions

Let's Get Organized BEHAVIORAL

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.

Also known as: LGO

Let's Get Organized

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• confirmed or suspected diagnosis of a mental disorder, such as affective disorder or schizophrenia, or neurodevelopmental disorder, such as autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder
• self-reported difficulties in time management in daily life to an extent that affects functioning in daily life negatively

You may not qualify if:

• intellectual disability

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Örebro University, Sweden: lead
• Dalarna County Council, Sweden: collaborator
• Region Örebro County: collaborator
• Uppsala University: collaborator
• Region Gävleborg: collaborator
• State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Marie Holmefur, PhD

  Örebro University, Sweden

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: Pre-post intervention study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 20, 2018
• First Posted: September 6, 2018
• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: June 1, 2017
• Last Updated: October 26, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share