The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention.
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by difficulties in planning and execution of motor coordination activities like dressing, sports and writing. Increasing parents' capacity to manage their children's needs is part of the recommended DCD best practices, as soon as children are suspected to have DCD or early following diagnosis. Parents' capacity could be increased through simple, community-based interventions using a consultative approach. Using the Internet could be an interesting avenue to develop public community-based services and build parents' capacity to manage their child with DCD. The feasibility of recruiting and using the Internet to build parents' capacity is however unknown, since no such study have been conducted. This randomized feasibility trail will experiment a teleintervention, characterized by a virtual interaction between a health professional and a user by Internet, for children with DCD. The principal study goals are to determine if a randomized control trial would be feasible, particularly with regards to i) recruitment and retention of parents of children having a diagnosis or a suspicion of diagnosis of DCD, and ii) parents' utilization of the teleintervention. The study will also examine quantitatively and qualitatively families' acceptability of- and satisfaction with the teleintervention. As part of the evaluation of acceptability, the impact of the teleintervention on parental competencies will be explored. At the end of the 3-months randomized feasibility trial, the influence of the number of participants on the utilization of the teleintervention will be explored by providing access to the teleintervention to all participants (control and intervention).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
31
Participants of this group will have access to the following sections in the web plate-form: information, forum, chat and live online consultation. The teleintervention consists of having access to the forum, chat and live online consultation sections of the web plate-form.
CR CHUS
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Utilization of the teleintervention
Time spent on the web plate-form (calculated in minutes, time spent on the plate-form during the 3 months teleintervention)
Time frame: 3 months (from day 1 to study completion)
Recruitment and retention
Number of participants recruited and retention rate
Time frame: Number of participants at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' sense of competencies
Parenting Sense of Competence Scale
Time frame: Collected at baseline and at completion of the study (3 months later)
Parents' satisfaction with the intervention
Qualitative interviews
Time frame: At completion of the study (3 months following the begining of the teleintervention)
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