Storytelling With or Without Social Contextual Information in Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Storytelling With or Without Social Contextual Information Regarding Eye Gaze and Visual Attention in Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development: A Randomized, Controlled Eye-tracking Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04587557
• Other study ID #: HSEARS20160427001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2020
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study was to examine the effects of storytelling with or without contextual information on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typical development (TD).

Description:

This was a 2 x 2 x 2 randomized controlled trial with 52 children (26 with ASD and 26 with TD) recruited in the community and randomized into four groups: 1) ASD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 2) ASD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information; 3) TD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 4) TD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information. All stories were photo-based and static in nature. The only difference between Group 1 and Group 2 was that the stories included and did not include social contextual information, respectively. Training was delivered in small groups, with eight sessions across four weeks, two sessions per week, and 30 minutes per session. Participants' total fixation duration (TFD), total visit duration (TVD), and total fixation count (TFC) on human faces from 20 photos and a video were recorded using the Tobii eye tracker.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 52
• Est. completion date: December 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria for children with ASD:

• 1) children aged between 6 and 12 years old;

• 2) had a previous diagnosis of ASD from medical professionals;

• 3) studied in mainstream primary school;

• 4) had a composite IQ score of 80 or above

Inclusion Criteria for children with TD:

• 1) children aged between 6 and 12 years old;

• 2) had no developmental disorder or intellectual disability;

• 3) attended primary school.

Exclusion Criteria:

• NA

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Storytelling with social contextual information
Four out of 100 stories from a storytelling app (SAHK, 2013) that incorporated social contextual information, and inter-personal skills were selected. The intervention was in small group format, consisted of eight sessions across four weeks, two sessions per week, 30 minutes per session.
• Storytelling without social contextual information
Four out of 100 stories from a storytelling app (SAHK, 2013) without social contextual information, and inter-personal skills were selected. The intervention was in small group format, consisted of eight sessions across four weeks, two sessions per week, 30 minutes per session.

Other:
• Children with ASD
Four out of 100 stories from a storytelling app (SAHK, 2013) were selected for children with ASD.
• Children with TD
Four out of 100 stories from a storytelling app (SAHK, 2013) were selected for children with TD.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences	Hong Kong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Eye gaze on the eye tracker	Total fixation duration (TFD)	Change from baseline to 4 weeks
Primary	Eye gaze on the eye tracker	Total visit duration (TVD)	Change from baseline to 4 weeks
Primary	Eye gaze on the eye tracker	Total fixation count (TFC)	Change from baseline to 4 weeks
Secondary	Trail Making Test	Trail Making Test A (TMT-A)	Change from baseline to 4 weeks
Secondary	Trail Making Test	Trail Making Test B (TMT-B)	Change from baseline to 4 weeks