N/A
N=50
Occupational Performance Coaching With Parents of Young Children With Developmental Disability
Developmental Disability
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04796909 ↗Enrolled (actual)
50
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Apr 2025
Primary outcome: Primary: Change in Participation-related Goal Performance and Satisfaction — 3.67; 3.72; 4.92; 4.69 score on a scale — p=0.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Occupational Performance coaching (Behavioral); Parent consultation (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric · 0+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Primary completion
- Dec 2022
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Change in Participation-related Goal Performance and Satisfaction |
3.67; 3.72; 4.92; 4.69; 7.29; 6.85 | 0.05 |
| PRIMARY Change in Children's Community Participation Frequency and Involvement |
3.02; 2.74; 3.14; 2.79; 3.35; 2.81 | 0.05 |
| SECONDARY Change in Parenting Efficacy and Satisfaction |
27.52; 27.92; 27.76; 27.52; 29.44; 30.48 | 0.05 |
| SECONDARY Change in Parents' Negative Emotional States |
7.04; 10.00; 7.28; 10.56; 6.32; 9.04 | 0.05 |
| SECONDARY Change in Children's Psychosocial Health |
67.50; 66.50; 66.68; 65.00; 70.00; 67.81 | 0.05 |
Summary
Participation in community activities allows children to meet friends, learns new skills, fosters independence, and paves the foundation for lifelong health. High rates of community participation restriction have been reported in children with developmental disabilities who are aged six years or below, a critical developmental period.
Occupational Performance Coaching (OPC), grounded in self-determination theory, is aimed to facilitate children's participation in life situations through coaching parents. Studies have shown that OPC is effective to promote children's activity participation. However, there have been limited randomized controlled trials demonstrating the efficacy of OPC, especially with the specific focus on children's community participation.
The investigators propose to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial of OPC for parents of preschool children with developmental disabilities in Hong Kong, and to test its initial efficacy on promoting children's community participation.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- the child has a clinical diagnosis of developmental disability (including but not limited to intellectual disability, developmental delay, or autism spectrum disorder) given by pediatricians/psychiatrist
- the parents are the child's main caregiver who have a long-term parenting role with at least 50% of caregiving responsibilities
- the parents are able to converse in Chinese
- the parents desire to improve their child's participation in community activities
Exclusion Criteria
- the child has developmental disability combined with physical impairment (e.g., amputation, cerebral palsy, spina bifida)
- the child has developmental disability combined with sensory impairment (e.g., blindness, deafness)
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04796909). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.