Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Active, not recruiting
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT04811885 |
| Other study ID # |
Institute Technology Carlow |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Active, not recruiting |
| Phase |
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
October 14, 2019 |
| Est. completion date |
October 14, 2021 |
Study information
| Verified date |
March 2021 |
| Source |
Institute of Technology, Carlow |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
The aim of the questionnaire and semi structured interview was to understand how the Covid 19
pandemic has impacted the cardiovascular health, physical activity levels, sedentary
behavior, sleep, anxiety levels and eating habits of children with ASD in comparison to
before the pandemic.
Description:
A questionnaire was designed and was available for completion on the colleges survey monkey
account. The link for the questionnaire and an explanation of the purpose of the
questionnaire was e-mailed to relevant Autism charities or groups within Ireland, the UK and
the USA and the administrators of these group were requested to send the link for the
questionnaire onto their members. The administrators of relevant social media sites such as
Facebook Autism groups were contacted and asked for permission to share the link for the
questionnaire to be circulated on their Facebook page.
The questionnaire was completed by parents of children with ASD and consisted of questions
relating to them and their child. Within the questionnaire they were asked about their
socio-economic background and about their ASD child's cardiovascular health, physical
activity levels, sedentary behavior, eating habits and anxiety levels during the Covid 19
pandemic compared to normal life before the outbreak of the pandemic. The aim of the
questionnaire was to understand how the Covid 19 pandemic has impacted the cardiovascular
health, physical activity levels, sedentary behavior, sleep, anxiety levels and eating habits
in comparison to before the pandemic.
The questionnaires was completed online through IT Carlow's survey monkey. Individual results
were anonymous and results of the questionnaire were stored on a password protected computer.
Participants completed a consent form that explained that participation in the survey was
completely voluntary and they could withdraw at any stage if they wished to do so. If they
did not wish to answer a question, was a prefer not to say option available and they could
continue with the survey. Parents had an option at the end of the survey to enter their email
address which allowed them to partake in any follow up questionnaire studies. The
questionnaire was initially piloted and was amended as necessary based on the results of the
pilot study.
The second aspect will of the study used qualitative design (semi-structured interviews,
n=10) to gain deeper insights into the challenges and barriers to engaging children with
autism in healthy lifestyle behaviours and the effects COVID 19 had on these challenges and
barriers. Each interview was approximately 60 minutes in length. A semi-structured,
qualitative interview schedule, which is attached below guided the interview process and was
continually revised based on reflection and evolving conceptualisation. Written consent was
sought from all participants. The consent form explained that participation in the interview
was completely voluntary and they could withdraw at any stage if they wished to do so. If
they did not wish to answer a question, they could decline and move on to the next question.
The interview was initially piloted and was amended as necessary based on the results of the
pilot study.
