Legacy of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023

German University of Health and Sports

Status: Completed

Conditions: Inclusion, Social

Treatments: Behavioral: Inclusive events

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05871450

SOWG Studie

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research aims to evaluate the impact of the project "170 Nations - 170 Inclusive Communities" of the Special Olympics World Games 2023 (SOWG 23) on sustain inclusive structures for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). The research utilizes a quasi-experimental research design and a qualitative research design and will synthesize qualitative and quantitative data to display successful and non-successful interventions for more inclusive communities. The research will target 56 host communities of SOWG 23 and 56 non-host communities, interviewing 200 people with ID and a minimum of 400 key stakeholders, as well as conducting qualitative interviews and focus groups.

Enrollment: 700 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• legal age

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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700 participants in 2 patient groups

Participants living in Host Towns

Experimental group

Description:

Participants live in Host Towns, where a delegation of athletes are hosted for one week. Furthermore, Host Town coordinator organize several inclusive events.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inclusive events

Participants not living in Host Towns

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants where no delegeation of athletes are hosted and no inclusive events are organized by Host Town coordinator.