Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of Visual Aids in Patient Education in Adults With Down Syndrome (DS)

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Down Syndrome

Treatments: Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video w/DS; Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS; Behavioral: Verbal instructions with video of ADSC; Behavioral: Verbal instructions with picture diagram

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02895802

6360

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: To assess the feasibility of using videos depicting people with DS to teach other adults with DS to perform healthy behaviors.

Hypothesis: Videos of adults with DS performing healthy behaviors is a more effective way to promote healthy behaviors by adults with DS than other methods tested.

This project will study whether videos showing a person with DS washing his hands correctly can improve hand washing by other adults with DS.

Full description

The subjects will be recruited and identified and consented. Subjects will be randomized to one of 4 groups.

i. Verbal instructions on hand washing with pictures (using the Illinois department of public health tools) ii. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of the ADSC iii. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of an adult without DS washing his hands iv. Verbal instructions on hand washing and video of an adult with DS washing his hands.

Videos of the handwashing process will be taken pre intervention and then again post intervention.

Scoring assessments will be completed upon review of the 2 files by 2 separate study team members, the second of which will be blinded to the information they will be reviewing.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People with Down syndrome receiving care at Advocate
• No known sensitivity to soap

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women, prisoners
• Known sensitivity to soap

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 4 patient groups

Verbal instructions with picture diagram

Other group

Description:

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a picture diagram of handwashing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Verbal instructions with picture diagram

Verbal instructions with video of ADSC

Other group

Description:

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and a video of the adult down syndrome center

Treatment:

Behavioral: Verbal instructions with video of ADSC

verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS

Other group

Description:

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and viewing an educational video depicting a person without down syndrome washing their hands.

Treatment:

Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video of w/o DS

verbal instructions w.video w/DS

Other group

Description:

hand washing is scored prior and after educational intervention with verbal instructions of handwashing and watching an educational video depicting a person with down syndrome washing their hands.

Treatment:

Behavioral: verbal instructions w. video w/DS