Anxiety
Conditions
Keywords
child anxiety, challenging behaviors, time, Parent anxiety
Brief summary
The purpose of the research is to test the effectiveness of the social story intervention delivered using the iPAD application Going to Imaging on the anxiety, challenging child behaviors, child injuries and completion rates among children with ASD undergoing medical imaging procedures. A secondary purpose is to test the effect of this intervention on the anxiety levels of the parents of ASD children undergoing medical imaging procedures. Hypotheses: H1: Children with ASD who are exposed to a story book Here the investigators go to medical imaging (x-ray) to prepare for medical imaging compared with children with ASD exposed to treatment as usual (TAU) will have: 1. Lower anxiety as measured by heart rate respiratory rate, and blood pressure (baseline compared to up to two hours later). 2. Exhibit fewer challenging behaviors as measured by a behavior observation scale (developed for the study (up to 2 hours after baseline) 3. Higher procedure completion rate. 4. Shorter time to complete a procedure. 5. Less child injuries. H2: Compared to parents of ASD children exposed to treatment as usual (TAU), parents of children with ASD who are exposed to a story book Here the investigators go to medical imaging (x-ray) to prepare for medical imaging will have: 6. Lower state anxiety as measured by the State Anxiety Inventory ( baseline ).
Detailed description
Parent state anxiety is measured at baseline with the 20-item State anxiety measure from www.mindgarden.com. Child anxiety is measured at baseline with vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate). Behaviors will be observed and recorded on the behavior observation tool up to 2 hours after the baseline measure (during the imaging).
Interventions
OTHERPatient teaching
The Social script application is an story book on the iPAD with photos and script explaining the steps of getting a medical image such as a CAT scan from the perspective of the child.
Sponsors
Marquette University
Medical College of Wisconsin
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
4 Years to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Children with autism spectrum disorder * English speaking parent or guardian.
Exclusion criteria
* Non-english speaking parent or guardian * Severe autism as defined by caregiver or health care provider.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child behaviors | up to 2 hours | Child behaviors measured during imaging procedures with the behaviors observation tool created for this study. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parent anxiety | Baseline | State anxiety measure www.mindgarden.com |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child anxiety | Baseline | Vital signs |
| Change in parent anxiety | Change from baseline in state anxiety measure to 30 minutes later | Parent anxiety is measured at baseline www.mindgarden.com and again after the intervention to see if there is a change. |
| Change in child anxiety | change in child anxiety from baseline to 30 minutes later | Child anxiety is measured at baseline vital signs and again after the intervention to see if there is a change. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed