UAB AIM Virtual Magic Camp
UAB Arts in Medicine's Evaluation of a Virtual Magic Camp
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observational
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The magic camp for children with disabilities at UAB has been conducted yearly since 2018. This year, because of the Covid-19, the magic camp will be conducted online. The virtual magic camp will start in the beginning of June . It will run for 4 weeks. After one cohort, there will be another cohort starts in the beginning of July . Each cohort will have about 30 children with disabilities. Two occupational therapy graduate students will teach each child via Zoom to learn magic hand trick 3 times a week, one hour each. No studies evaluate the psychological benefits of learning magic tricks via online in children with disabilities. Therefore, this study is to evaluate the psychological being of the children participants after completing a virtual magic camp.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for all trials
Started Apr 2021
Shorter than P25 for all trials
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
April 7, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
April 7, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
April 12, 2021
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
August 31, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
August 31, 2021
CompletedAugust 31, 2022
August 1, 2022
5 months
April 7, 2021
August 29, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (6)
Self Esteem
Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale: The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) consists of 10 items quantifying participants' feelings about themselves on a 4-point scale (1=strongly agree; 4=strongly disagree). After taking into consideration the five reversed scored items, responses are totaled to form the summation score, ranging from 10 to 40, with the larger scores indicating higher self-esteem.
2 weeks
Strengths & Difficulties
SDQ is a screening tool for emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents aged 2 to 17 years (Stone, Otten, Engels, Vermulst, \& Janssens, 2010). SDQ includes 25 items across 5 subscales. Each item is rated on a 3-point scale with 0=not true, 1=somewhat true, and 2=certainly true. Responses are totaled to form the summation score, ranging from 0-50, with higher scores indicating more emotional and behavioral problems.
2 weeks
Social Anxiety
The SAS is designed to assess feelings of social anxiety (avoidance, fears, or worries) experienced by children and adolescents in the context of their peer relations (La Greca \& Lopez, 1998; La Greca \& Stone, 1993). The SAS has 18 items divided into three subscales. Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale according to how much each item characterizes the specific feeling indicated (1 = not at all, 5 = all the time). Items from each subscale are summed so that high scores reflect greater levels of social anxiety.
2 weeks
Social Skills
The SSIS is designed to measure various aspects of social skills in children and adolescents who are suspected of having significant social difficulties (Gresham \& Elliott, 2008). The Social Skills domain has 46 items and consists of seven subscales. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale by indicating how true each social skill is (0 = not true, 3 = very true), with lower scores indicating poorer social skill.
2 weeks
Social Responses
The SRS-2 is designed to measure various dimensions of interpersonal behavior, communication, and repetitive/stereotypic behavior associated with autism occurring in natural social settings (Constantino \& Gruber, 2012). The SRS-2 is comprised of 65 items which are rated on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 1 = not true, to 4 = almost always true. Higher scores reflect a greater degree of social impairment.
2 weeks
Parental Stress
The SIPA is a 112-item measure assessing stress within the parent-adolescent relationship (Sheras et al., 1998). The first 90 items have response options on a 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = not sure, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree) and the remaining 22 items are yes (1) /no (0) questions pertaining to stressful life events the respondent may have experienced. Higher scores indicate higher levels of stress.
2 weeks
Study Arms (2)
Magic Camp Session #1
Children ages 9-18
Magic Camp Session #2
Children ages 9-18
Interventions
Measuring aspects such as self esteem, social skills, and social anxieties.
Eligibility Criteria
Participants will be with other individuals who do not have ASD.
You may qualify if:
- Have some form of ASD
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Hon K. Yuen, PhDlead
Study Sites (1)
UAB Alys Sthepens Center
Birmingham, Alabama, 35205, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
April 7, 2021
First Posted
April 12, 2021
Study Start
April 7, 2021
Primary Completion
August 31, 2021
Study Completion
August 31, 2021
Last Updated
August 31, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-08