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Health and physical activity among children with intellectual disabilities

Physical activity support behaviours among parents of children with intellectual disabilities: Evaluating an online messaging intervention

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN83755370
Enrollment
100
Registered
2020-01-29
Start date
2020-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-01-08

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Conditions

Current condition as of 18/08/2023: Parents of children and youth with intellectual disabilities ______ Previous condition: Parents of children with intellectual disability Mental and Behavioural Disorders Intellectual disability

Interventions

Current interventions as of 18/08/2023: In the screening stage, participants completed an eligibility assessment and a demographics questionnaire. Participants self-identified their children’s prima

Sponsors

York University Office of Research Ethics
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 18/08/2023: 1. Parents, legal guardians, or primary caregivers of a child, youth, or young adult with an intellectual disability (e.g., Down syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, or cerebral palsy) or autism 2. Fluency in English 3. Residence in Canada _____ Previous inclusion criteria: 1. Primary guardian of a child(ren) with an intellectual disability (disabilities including but not limited to; Down syndrome, autism, and Fragile X syndrome) 2. Primary guardian of a child(ren) between 5 and 17 years 3. English as first or primary language

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: None

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Current primary outcome measure as of 18/08/2023: Parental support behaviours assessed by parental responses to online questionnaires at baseline, immediately post-intervention, two weeks and two months _____ Previous primary outcome measure: Parental physical activity support behaviours assessed by parental responses to online questionnaires at baseline, immediately post-intervention, 2 weeks and 2 months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 18/08/2023: 1. Messaging manipulations measured immediately post-intervention 2. Message perceptions measured immediately post-intervention 3. Extended parallel process model constructs measured at baseline, immediately post-intervention, two weeks and two months _____ Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Feasibility of the experimental design through whether it is possible to randomize parents to particular conditions and to assess the potential effects of message exposure throughout the study and after data collection 2. Acceptability of the intervention assessed by parental responses to online questionnaires at baseline, immediately post-intervention, 2 weeks and 2 months 3. Participant retention measured by withdrawal from the study at 2 months

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026