Effects of a Vision-Focused Occupational Therapy Program on Visual Skills in Primary School Children

NCT07635706 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: VOT-TR-2026
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the effects of a structured visual skills-based occupational therapy program on visual perception and school-based visual-motor functions in typically developing primary school students aged 8-10 years. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group receiving a 6-week visual skills program or a control group receiving routine school activities and home-based assignments. Outcomes including visual perception, visual-motor performance, convergence ability, and motor proficiency will be assessed before and after the intervention.

Conditions

Visual Deficiencies; Visual Attention

Keywords

Visual Skills; Visual Perception; Visual-Motor Integration; Oculomotor Training; Occupational Therapy; School-Based Occupational Therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-3 (MVPT-3) Score

  Visual perception will be assessed using the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-3 (MVPT-3). Higher scores indicate better visual perception performance. Visual perception will be assessed using the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test, Fourth Edition (MVPT-4). Total scores range from 0 to 45, with higher scores indicating better visual perceptual ability.

  Baseline and 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA) Score

  Baseline and 6 weeks

• Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 Short Form (BOT-2 SF) Score

  Baseline and 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Visual Skills-Based Occupational Therapy Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants receive a structured visual skills-based occupational therapy program twice weekly for 6 weeks in the school setting.

Behavioral: Visual Skills-Based Occupational Therapy Program

Home Program Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants continue routine school activities and receive structured home-based assignments without visual skills training.

Behavioral: Home-Based Assignment Program

Interventions

Home-Based Assignment Program BEHAVIORAL

Participants continue routine school activities and receive structured home-based assignments without visual skills training during the study period.

Home Program Control

Visual Skills-Based Occupational Therapy Program BEHAVIORAL

A structured occupational therapy program delivered twice weekly for 6 weeks targeting oculomotor functions, visual perception, visual scanning, eye-hand coordination, convergence, and visual-motor integration.

Visual Skills-Based Occupational Therapy Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 10 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children aged 8 to 10 years
• Enrollment in 3rd or 4th grade of primary school
• Ability to understand and follow study instructions
• Written informed consent obtained from parent or legal guardian
• Willingness to participate in all assessment and intervention sessions

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosed neurological, psychiatric, developmental, or intellectual disorder
• Uncorrected visual impairment that may affect assessment results
• Musculoskeletal condition affecting upper extremity function
• Participation in another structured visual training or rehabilitation program during the study period
• Inability to complete study assessments or intervention sessions

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medipol University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Güngören Yahya Çavuş İlkokulu

Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Assistant, Department of Occupational Therapy, Istanbul Medipol University

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 3, 2026
• First Posted: June 9, 2026
• Study Start: June 8, 2026
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2026
• Study Completion: July 31, 2026
• Last Updated: July 22, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Locations

TU (1)