Ankle Injury, Foot Injury, Lower Extremity Injury
Conditions
Keywords
dance, self-compassion
Brief summary
This project aims to enhance self-compassion in adolescent dancers recovering from a foot and ankle injury by incorporating the use of a mental health intervention app using gamified design during their recovery.
Interventions
DEVICEMental Health App
Participants will use the SuperBetter mobile app to participate in gamified mental health activities 5 days per week, 10 minutes per day, for 12 weeks alongside their physical therapy.
Sponsors
Sanford Scholars Program Mentor Funding
University of California, San Diego
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Concurrent mental health intervention with the SuperBetter app synchronously with physical therapy rehab from a lower extremity injury in dancers
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
13 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Provision of informed consent (adult participant), or consent of parent/legal guardian in conjunction with adolescent assent (minor participant) 2. 13 to 18 years of age 3. Endorses dance as their primary sport, or participates 3 days per week or greater in dance prior to injury 4. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures including the intervention regimen and availability for the duration of the study 5. Access to a device with which the SuperBetter app can be downloaded and used
Exclusion criteria
1. Dance is not a primary sport or less than 3 days per week spent dancing prior to injury (skater, gymnast, other sport) 2. Requiring surgery or prior surgery for the injury being treated 3. Injury outside of the leg below the knee 4. Known eating disorder or bone density issue (documented abnormal Z score and/or eating disorder diagnosis upon review of the medical chart) 5. Verbalized plans to not return to dance after recovery from the injury
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number (or percentage) of participants who have returned to full, unrestricted dance after injury | 3, 6 and 12 months. | Will be assessed as part of the clinical exam by asking current return to dance status |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Measures of Pediatric Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Pain Interference, and Mobility questionnaire | enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months | PROMIS scores for Emotional distress (anxiety and depression) and Pain interference subscales. Higher score and higher standard deviation from the norm are considered poorer function/worse outcomes. |
| Self Compassion Scale (SCS) - Short Form questionnaire | enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months | 1 is the lowest possible overall calculated score, and the highest overall calculated score is 5, with greater scores indicating greater level of self-compassion. |
| Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) Activities of Daily Living subscale and Sports Subscale questionnaire | enrollment, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 24 months | Minimum calculated score for each subscale is 0% and highest score is 100% with the higher score meaning better function. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
Primary ContactEmily O Cidambi, MD
Outcome results
None listed