Storytelling With or Without Social Contextual Information in Children With Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Typical Development

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatments: Other: Children with ASD; Behavioral: Storytelling with social contextual information; Behavioral: Storytelling without social contextual information; Other: Children with TD

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04587557

HSEARS20160427001

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was to examine the effects of storytelling with or without contextual information on children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typical development (TD).

Full description

This was a 2 x 2 x 2 randomized controlled trial with 52 children (26 with ASD and 26 with TD) recruited in the community and randomized into four groups: 1) ASD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 2) ASD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information; 3) TD Group 1 - storytelling with contextual information; 4) TD Group 2 - storytelling without contextual information. All stories were photo-based and static in nature. The only difference between Group 1 and Group 2 was that the stories included and did not include social contextual information, respectively. Training was delivered in small groups, with eight sessions across four weeks, two sessions per week, and 30 minutes per session. Participants' total fixation duration (TFD), total visit duration (TVD), and total fixation count (TFC) on human faces from 20 photos and a video were recorded using the Tobii eye tracker.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria for children with ASD:

• 1. children aged between 6 and 12 years old;
• 2. had a previous diagnosis of ASD from medical professionals;
• 3. studied in mainstream primary school;
• 4. had a composite IQ score of 80 or above

Inclusion Criteria for children with TD:

• 1. children aged between 6 and 12 years old;
• 2. had no developmental disorder or intellectual disability;
• 3. attended primary school.

Exclusion Criteria:

• NA

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 4 patient groups

ASD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information

Experimental group

Description:

Storytelling with social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatment:

Behavioral: Storytelling with social contextual information

Other: Children with ASD

ASD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information

Active Comparator group

Description:

Storytelling without social contextual information for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Treatment:

Other: Children with ASD

Behavioral: Storytelling without social contextual information

TD Group 1 - storytelling with social contextual information

Experimental group

Description:

Storytelling with social contextual information for typically developed children

Treatment:

Other: Children with TD

Behavioral: Storytelling with social contextual information

TD Group 2 - storytelling without social contextual information

Active Comparator group

Description:

Storytelling without social contextual information for typically developed children

Treatment:

Other: Children with TD

Behavioral: Storytelling without social contextual information