Adults With Intellectual Disability
Conditions
Keywords
Card game, intellectual disability, cognition, psychosocial wellbeing, feasibility and acceptability
Brief summary
A new set of card game, Wai Ji Match Fun (WJMF), has been developed by Wai Ji Christian Service (WJCS), a non-governmental organization in Hong Kong, specifically designed for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID). The game aims to enhance cognitive performance and psychosocial well-being while facilitating daily participation.
Detailed description
This study evaluates the feasibility and acceptability of WJMF for individuals with ID, and its immediate and carry-over impacts on psychosocial well-being and cognitive function. Sixty-four adult participants with mild to moderate ID were recruited for the study. Each participant attends a weekly 60-minute WJMF group program over an 8-week period. Groups of four participants are facilitated by occupational therapists or rehabilitation assistants. Outcome measures include the Personal Wellbeing Index - Intellectual Disability (PWI-ID) (Chinese-Cantonese version), the short version of the Prudhoe Cognitive Function Test (PCFT), attendance rates, and staff feedback on feasibility and acceptability.
Interventions
OTHERWai Ji Match Fun card games
Group intervention using game activities with Wai Ji Match Fun cards. A total of eight group sessions, which last for 60 minutes each, will be conducted once a week for a period of 8 weeks.
Sponsors
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
one-group repeated-measures design
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* service users attending residential or day training service units * aged 18 years or older * diagnosed with mild or moderate intellectual disability * able to engage in a 60-minute group session
Exclusion criteria
\- exhibit disruptive behaviours that could hinder group progress
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feasibility by measuring the attendance rate | From enrollment to the end of treatment at 8 weeks | Feasibility by measuring the attendance rate. |
| Staff acceptability | end of the treatment at 8 weeks | Acceptability survey collecting staff feedback with questions from 0 (completely disagree) to 10 (completely agree) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Personal Wellbeing Index - Intellectual Disability (PWI-ID) (Chinese - Cantonese version) (Cummins & Lau, 2005) | Enrollment, one week after the end of treatment, seven weeks after the end of treatment | An 8-item scale measuring 7 domains in quality of life through interviews. The 8 scales include standard of living, health, life achievement, personal relationships, personal safety, community-connectedness, and future security. Participants rate their well-being using a scale tailored to their abilities: a 0-10-point scale or a system utilising 2, 3, or 5 facial expressions to indicate levels of sadness to happiness. |
| Prudhoe Cognitive Function Test (PCFT) short version (Tyrer et al., 2010) | Enrollment, one week after the end of treatment, seven weeks after the end of treatment | A structured interview that has been developed to assess cognitive function in subjects with intellectual disability (Kay et al., 2003). The short version of PCFT consists of six sub-domains: orientation, recall-I, language, praxis, recall-II and calculation (Tyrer et al., 2010), totalling 21 questions. The maximum score for the test is 30. |
Countries
Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed