Efficacy of the CO-OP Approach With Brazilian Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

Sponsor

Federal University of Minas Gerais (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT03112746

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Arm

Actual Duration (Months)

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have difficulties performing daily activities which reflects negatively on participation, impacting their lives. To date, there are a number of interventions to improve performance of these children on activities they want or need to. In Brazil, there is little research on the efficacy of such approaches. Our main objective was to start a set of studies to examine the effects of the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance Approach (CO-OP Approach) protocol on occupational performance and satisfaction of Brazilian children who have DCD; to examine whether children were able to transfer strategies and skills learned during CO-OP to untrained goals.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Developmental Coordination Disorder	Behavioral: Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance	N/A

Detailed Description

Background. Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have difficulties performing daily activities which reflects negatively on participation, impacting their lives. Objectives. To examine the effects of the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance Approach (CO-OP Approach) protocol on occupational performance and satisfaction of Brazilian children who have DCD; to examine whether children were able to transfer strategies and skills learned during CO-OP to untrained goals. Methods. A pre-post group comparison design with eight boys aged 6-10 years old. Children participated in 12 CO-OP sessions with their parents twice a week, with an extra session added to the protocol for parents´ orientation. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure and the Performance Quality Rating Scale were used as outcome measures.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

8 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Efficacy of the Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) Approach With Brazilian Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder

Actual Study Start Date :

Mar 26, 2009

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Feb 10, 2010

Actual Study Completion Date :

Mar 26, 2010

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance One group was submitted to the CO-OP approach to learn cognitive strategies to perform the chosen tasks.	Behavioral: Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance In CO-OP Approach, therapists use mediational techniques to teach cognitive strategies - GOAL, PLAN, DO, CHECK - to improve occupational performance in goals chosen by the children in collaboration with them and their parents. Other Names: CO-OP Approach

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance

One group was submitted to the CO-OP approach to learn cognitive strategies to perform the chosen tasks.

Behavioral: Cognitive Orientation to Daily Occupational Performance

In CO-OP Approach, therapists use mediational techniques to teach cognitive strategies - GOAL, PLAN, DO, CHECK - to improve occupational performance in goals chosen by the children in collaboration with them and their parents.

Other Names:

CO-OP Approach

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Canadian Occupational Performance Measure [up to 12 weeks]
Change on performance and satisfaction on goals chosen by each child
Performance Quality Rating Scale [up to 12 weeks]
Change on occupational performance on goals chosen by each child as measured by external evaluators

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

6 Years to 12 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion Criteria:

poor motor performance measured by a motor performance test (cut off score below the 15th percentile).
poor performance on academic and daily living activities measured by the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire answered by the parents.
attending regular education with no evidence of marked school delay (over a year).
cognitive development within the expected age range according to the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III).