Gamified Occupational Therapy for Adolescents with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

Başak Çağla Arslan

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Gamification; Occupational Therapy; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Treatments: Other: Classic occupational therapy programme; Other: Gamified occupational therapy programme

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06402942

LHÜ (Other Identifier)

LHU20241004

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research aims to improve the quality of life, occupational performance, occupational satisfaction and emotional health of young people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy compared to the classical occupational therapy program. The findings are planned to shed light on the development of new and effective strategies in the rehabilitation of adolescents with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• To be literate in Turkish
• To have scored 27 points or more on the Modified Mini Mental Test
• Having a computer, tablet and internet connection
• Volunteering to participate in the study by their parents and reading and signing the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Having a neurological disease other than Duchenne muscular dystrophy and/or another diagnosed neurological disease accompanying Duchenne muscular dystrophy
• Having a cooperation problem that prevents completing the assessments for any reason
• Difficulty understanding and speaking the Turkish language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Gamified occupational therapy programme group

Treatment:

Other: Gamified occupational therapy programme

Control group

Other group

Description:

Classic occupational therapy group

Treatment:

Other: Classic occupational therapy programme