Show Me to Help Me

Autism Clinical Trial

Official title:

Show Me to Help Me

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01311596
• Other study ID #: 101201
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 8, 2011
• Last updated: June 23, 2014
• Start date: February 2011
• Est. completion date: February 2011

Study information

• Verified date: June 2014
• Source: Akron Children's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This cohort observation, randomized controlled trial is intended to provide data that icons and non-verbal communication improve communication and cooperation with children with Autism/communication delay and aid in the transition to an unfamiliar environment. It would lay the foundation for future studies and practices of using icons and pictures for the whole office visit to enhance communication between the patient and physician/nurse/medical staff and cooperation of the patient.

1. Use icons during triage/check in process to decrease time and increase patient compliance. Compare typical children to those with Autism/communication delay.

2. Use icons during blood draw to improve communication with patients, to help with patient understanding, and increase patient cooperation and decrease noise and length of procedure.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 83
• Est. completion date: February 2011
• Est. primary completion date: February 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 4 Years to 18 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• established patients with a documented diagnosis

• 4-18 years old

• present to the NeuroDevelopmental Center during the study period

• Lab study: given prescription for lab work that will be following the visit or the next day in the Locust outpatient lab

Exclusion Criteria:

• <4 years old or >18 years old

• new patient

• diagnosis not documented

• Lab study: lab work will be drawn at another lab or more than 1 day later

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism

Intervention

Other:
• Icons
Clinic- patients first shown picture icons of the steps of taking vital signs Lab - patients first shown picture icons of the steps of a blood draw procedure

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Akron Children's Hospital	Akron	Ohio

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Akron Children's Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (7)

Bondy A, Frost L. The Picture Exchange Communication System. Behav Modif. 2001 Oct;25(5):725-44. Review. — View Citation

Charlop-Christy MH, Carpenter M, Le L, LeBlanc LA, Kellet K. Using the picture exchange communication system (PECS) with children with autism: assessment of PECS acquisition, speech, social-communicative behavior, and problem behavior. J Appl Behav Anal. 2002 Fall;35(3):213-31. — View Citation

Desch LW, Gaebler-Spira D; Council on Children With Disabilities. Prescribing assistive-technology systems: focus on children with impaired communication. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):1271-80. doi: 10.1542/peds.2008-0695. — View Citation

Francis K. Autism interventions: a critical update. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2005 Jul;47(7):493-9. Review. — View Citation

Ganz JB, Simpson RL. Effects on communicative requesting and speech development of the Picture Exchange Communication System in children with characteristics of autism. J Autism Dev Disord. 2004 Aug;34(4):395-409. — View Citation

Magiati I, Howlin P. A pilot evaluation study of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) for children with autistic spectrum disorders. Autism. 2003 Sep;7(3):297-320. — View Citation

Sulzer-Azaroff B, Hoffman AO, et al. The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS): What Do the Data Say? Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. 209;24(2):89-103

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Icons improve understanding, transition and cooperation of the child with Autism/communication delay as measured by improved times for the obtainment of vital signs		4 weeks	No
Secondary	Icons improve understanding and cooperation of the child with Autism/communication delay as measured by improved times of lab draws, success of lab draws, and decreased noise level		4 weeks	No