Prevention Among Young People With Intellectual Disability

Uppsala University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Adolescent Development; Young Adult; Intellectual Disability

Treatments: Behavioral: "Children - what does it involve?"

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03348124

Prevention ID

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate an intervention using the Toolkit "Children - what does it involve?" and the "Real-Care-Baby" (RCB) simulator among students with intellectual disability (ID), using a cluster randomized trial design with waiting-list control group.

Full description

Background: There is limited knowledge about how young people with ID can be facilitated in their process of deciding about parenthood. A feasibility study showed that it is possible to evaluate an intervention using the chosen instruments among students with ID in order to provide them with further insights about parenthood. Methods: Randomization of eleven clusters/schools to intervention and eleven clusters to waiting-list control. Intervention includes thirteen educational lessons and a three-day and night caring-session with the RCB simulator. Intervention will be given 1-2 lessons/week during 8-14 weeks. Data will be collected with questionnaires and interviews before and after intervention. In control group: Before and after waiting-list time and after intervention.

Enrollment: 59 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 16 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students with mild or moderate ID with informed consent can be included
• Understand and respond to a questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• Students with severe ID

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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59 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Educational lessons based on the conversational material Toolkit "Children - what does it involve?", will be delivered in the classroom at school and caring for the RCB simulator during three days and nights.

Treatment:

Behavioral: "Children - what does it involve?"

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Education as usual.