NCT04697771

Effect of Telerehabilitation on Handwriting Performance in Children With ADHD: RCT

The Effect of Telerahabilitation on Fine Motor Skills and Writing Performance in Children With Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled study examining the effect of telerehabilitation on fine motor performance and handwriting difficulties experienced by children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Detailed description

It is planned that 40 children between the ages of 6-8 diagnosed with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder and their families will participate voluntarily. An informed consent form, BOT-2 and Minnesota Handwriting Test will be sent to volunteer participants via e-mail. An evaluation session on Zoom application will be held for each participant with the participation of the occupational therapist, child and family. After the evaluation, the participants will be randomized and allocated to study and control groups. Fine motor skills training will be given to the study group 3 sessions a week. The training will be given on the Zoom application and the duration is 8 weeks. At the end of 8 weeks, the evaluation will be done again with BOT-2 and Minnesota Handwriting Test. The control group will be evaluated with BOT-2 and Minnesota Handwriting Test for the second time after waiting 8 weeks and will receive fine motor skills training.

Conditions

• Handwriting
• Telerehabilitation
• Fine Motor Skills

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Fine Motor Skills Training	The fine motor skills training program was planned for the areas of difficulty that children with ADHD experience in the fine motor area as stated in the literature (Lavasani \& Stagnitti, 2011). The fine motor goals were organized for 8 weeks, each week including a different fine motor area and practicing handwriting. For each fine motor goal, 3 different activities were identified that did not require materials or could be practiced with materials that could be easily found in each child's home. For example, for the fine motor strengthening goal, three different activities were planned for the same purpose with tools such as play dough, nails, and staples (Case-Smith \& O'Brien, 2013). The activities determined each week were repeated three days a week in the same way and applied to all children. Within the 40-minute session, each activity was performed for 10 minutes under the guidance of an expert occupational therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-01
• Primary completion: 2022-11-30
• Completion: 2022-12-28
• First posted: 2021-01-06
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)