The aim of this study is to pilot test the Let's Get Organized (LGO) Occupational Therapy intervention in a Swedish context by exploring possible enhancements in time management skills, aspects of executive functioning, and satisfaction with daily occupations in persons with time-management difficulties due to neurodevelopmental and/or mental disorders. Method: A pre-post design with 3 and 12-months follow-up is used. The LGO intervention is a manual-based group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders. The LGO is conducted as 10 weekly 1.5-hour group sessions. Two trained group leaders, lead each group of 6-8 participants. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. All group sessions follow the same format, and each session has a set theme. Group sessions are structured with a slide presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete. The primary outcome of the study is self-reported time management measured by the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S). Secondary outcomes are executive functioning measured with the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) and satisfaction with daily occupations, which is measured with the interview-administered questionnaire Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13). Data will be collected before intervention start (pre intervention), after intervention completion (post intervention) and 3 and 12 months post intervention completion. The ATMS will be collected at all four time points. The WCPA and SDO-13 will be collected pre, post and 12 months post intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
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NONE
Enrollment
75
Group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopment disorders. Each group has 6-8 participants and is lead by two trained group leaders. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. Group sessions are structured with a PowerPoint presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete.
Change Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Time management sub scale
Time management (11 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months
Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) No of appointments
No of correctly entered appointments (range 0-17) Total time No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Total time
Total time No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Strategies
No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Rules followed
No of rules followed (range 0-5)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Activity sub scale
No of activities (range 0-13)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Satisfaction sub scale
Satisfaction sub scale score (each item is scored 1-7 and summed to a sub scale score, range 13-91, higher score indicates better satisfaction)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Global satisfaction sub scale
Global satisfaction score (range 1-5, lower score indicates better satisfaction)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months
Change in Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Organization and planning sub scale
Organization and Planning (11 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months
Change in Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Regulation of emotions sub scale
Regulation of emotions (5 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)
Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months
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