App for Strengthening Services In Specialized Therapeutic Support (ASSISTS)

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavioral economics strategies; Other: Electronic platform

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05207956

849995

Details and patient eligibility

About

In partnership with a digital health software company, the University research team created two versions of a mobile application to help behavioral health technicians (BHT's) who work with students with autism collect data. The first version comprises a basic electronic platform for data collection. The second version has the same basic electronic platform for data collection, plus additional features designed to increase motivation to collect data and ease the burden of data collection.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participants must be working as a paraprofessionals or behavioral health technicians
• Currently providing individual support to children with autism
• Currently providing services in Philadelphia preschools, schools, day cares, or homes.

Exclusion criteria

• n/a

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Enhanced Electronic Platform

Experimental group

Description:

A basic electronic platform for data collection that contains additional features designed to increase motivation to collect data and ease of data collection.

Treatment:

Other: Electronic platform

Behavioral: Behavioral economics strategies

Electronic Platform Not Enhanced

Active Comparator group

Description:

A basic electronic platform for data collection.

Treatment:

Other: Electronic platform