Autism Spectrum Disorder Food Fussiness
Conditions
Interventions
This is a controlled clinical trial with children aged 3 to 10 years with selective eating, with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Participants will be allocated into 4 groups, so that, afte
s inclusion criteria and signing the Informed Consent Form (ICF), participants will be divided into lists according to their diagnosis and group characteristics, after which participants will be rando
Experimental Group 2: 40 children with selective eating but without ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) who will receive the intervention
Control Group 1: 40 children with selective eating, with and without ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), who did not receive the intervention during the experimental phase of the study
and Control Group 2: 40 children without selective eating and without ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). Participant blinding will be achieved by not communicating who is in the control and experimental
Sponsors
Instituto Multidisciplinar em Saúde - Campus Anísio Teixeira
Universidade Federal da Bahia - Campus Anísio Teixeira
Eligibility
Age
3 Years to 10 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children aged 3 to 10 years; with complaints of selective eating; with or without a diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder); who present criteria for selective eating indicated by the Eating Behavior Assessment Scale; for inclusion in the group of children with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), the child must have a professional diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Children under 3 or over 11 years of age; children with severe cognitive delay with a percentile lower than 10 on the intelligence test measured by the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale 3 or Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices; children with epilepsy; previously diagnosed genetic syndromes or with dysmorphisms indicating syndromes, by clinical evaluation and previous medical diagnosis; children with uncorrected vision and hearing problems, by clinical evaluation and previous medical diagnosis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| It is expected that selective eating will decrease in both groups with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD);It is expected that parental stress levels will be reduced in groups with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvements are expected in the sensory profile of groups with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD);Improvements in the symptomatology of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are expected | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public ContactPatrícia De Freitas
Universidade Federal da Bahia - Campus Anísio Teixeira
Outcome results
None listed