NCT04728074

Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation Group Intervention on Motivation and Occupational Self-Awareness in Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities

Completed NA Last updated 28 January 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing The Entering Employment and Sustaining Work Program in Intellectual Disability in 49 participants. Completed in 12 May 2020.

Timeline

6 February 2020

Primary endpoint
12 May 2020

12 May 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Hacettepe University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	49
Start date	6 February 2020
Primary completion	12 May 2020
Estimated completion	12 May 2020
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• The Entering Employment and Sustaining Work Program
• vocational rehabilitation

Conditions studied

• Intellectual Disability — all drugs for Intellectual Disability →

Sponsor

Hacettepe University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Intellectual Disability. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This study is an intervention study that investigates the effects of a group-based approach to motivation and occupational self-awareness of individuals with intellectual disability (ID).

The intervention method was developed by following the intervention mapping method.

An 8 weeks group intervention (twice a week) was applied to individuals with ID which includes; Introduction to intervention and meeting with other group members self-awareness training occupational self-awareness taking responsibility group work and labor division problem identification problem-solving

The entire program was structured and guided by the prepared manual (available upon request from the authors). The manual was prepared by the authors of this study to ensure consistency between different sessions and groups. All sessions were diffusively explained in the manual as well as the individual session booklets. The supervisors were able to follow the structure of the sessions from those booklets. Additionally, there were visual materials for each session as in; presentations, graphics, and photographs. The program supervisors (therapists) met once every week to discuss the progress, participation, and overall status of each participant.

Homework assignments were utilized to facilitate learning. Families were not included directly in the group sessions, however were informed about the homework assignments. Homework assignments consisted of very basic mental practice and reenactment regarding the session's topic and concepts. Families were also included in the final week's sessions since graduation certificates were handed out during these sessions and also small celebrations were carried out.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.