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

Developmental Coordination Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03112746
• Other study ID #: COEP/UFMG ETIC Nº 103/2009
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 2, 2017
• Last updated: April 12, 2017
• Start date: March 26, 2009
• Est. completion date: March 26, 2010

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: Federal University of Minas Gerais
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: March 26, 2010
• Est. primary completion date: February 10, 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

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).

Exclusion Criteria:

• signs of neurological or neuromuscular disorder.

• presence of intellectual disability.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ataxia
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Disease
• Motor Skills Disorders

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Federal University of Minas Gerais

References & Publications (5)

Carswell A, McColl MA, Baptiste S, Law M, Polatajko H, Pollock N. The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure: a research and clinical literature review. Can J Occup Ther. 2004 Oct;71(4):210-22. Review. — View Citation

Green D, Chambers ME, Sugden DA. Does subtype of developmental coordination disorder count: is there a differential effect on outcome following intervention? Hum Mov Sci. 2008 Apr;27(2):363-82. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.02.009. Epub 2008 Apr 8. — View Citation

Mandich AD, Polatajko HJ, Macnab JJ, Miller LT. Treatment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: what is the evidence? Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2001;20(2-3):51-68. Review. — View Citation

Mandich AD, Polatajko HJ, Rodger S. Rites of passage: understanding participation of children with developmental coordination disorder. Hum Mov Sci. 2003 Nov;22(4-5):583-95. — View Citation

Miller LT, Polatajko HJ, Missiuna C, Mandich AD, Macnab JJ. A pilot trial of a cognitive treatment for children with developmental coordination disorder. Hum Mov Sci. 2001 Mar;20(1-2):183-210. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Canadian Occupational Performance Measure	Change on performance and satisfaction on goals chosen by each child	up to 12 weeks
Primary	Performance Quality Rating Scale	Change on occupational performance on goals chosen by each child as measured by external evaluators	up to 12 weeks