Comparison of Effectiveness of Home Based Sensory Interventions Along With Standard Therapy Versus Standard Therapy Alone in Autistic Children With Sensory Processing Abnormalities

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autistic Children With Sensory Processing Abnormalities

Treatments: Other: Sensory interventions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02491645

PGIMER-HS

Details and patient eligibility

About

Around 69-95% of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder are known to have sensory processing abnormalities .Tackling these problems would help in better quality of life, both for the parents and the children. Sensory integration therapy, an individualized clinic based therapy have been shown to have a positive effect on those children with sensory abnormalities. Hence the investigators are doing this study , to primarily look into the efficacy and feasibility of home based sensory interventions in autistic children with sensory processing abnormalities.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Children between the age group of 3-12years with autistic spectrum disorder as per DSM -V criteria along with CARS and those having sensory abnormalities as screened by short sensory profile 2 will be included in the study group
2. Parents who agreed for home based sensory intervention therapy with strict adherence to same and to refrain from initiation of any new treatments including medications during study period

Exclusion criteria

1. Children with epileptic syndromes with language regression(LKS)
2. Children with features of ASD but having underlying structural(TS), neurometabolic or primary epilepsy as etiology
3. Children with uncontrolled seizures (seizures in the last 06 months)
4. Children whose parents do not give consent for the study
5. Children for whom follow up would not be feasible

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Children would receive both standard therapy and home based sensory interventions as described below, * Standard therapy - children would receive measures like speech and language services, behavioral interventions and educational program regularly as and when decided by the primary care physician. They would be individualized to child specific needs . * Home based sensory interventions - children would receive home based sensory interventions targeting visual and auditory system, tactile abnormalities, proprioceptive and vestibular abnormalities.These interventions would be carried out daily , at least 5 days a week, for a minimum duration of 1hour/day.

Treatment:

Other: Sensory interventions

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

This group of children would receive only standard therapy as described below, Standard therapy - children would receive measures like speech and language services, behavioral interventions and educational program regularly as and when decided by the primary care physician. They would be individualized to child specific needs.