Evaluating the Personal Computer as a Treatment Activity in Occupational Therapy
Completed
Conditions studied: Occupational Therapy
In brief
This study will evaluate the use of the personal computer (PC) in occupational therapy. The results of the study will help occupational therapists develop improved treatment activities using PCs. Patients enrolled in various NIH clinical trials who are referred for occupational therapy may be eligible for this study. Each patient will have at least four computer sessions within 6 months. They will use the PC to achieve goals they set for themselves-for example, to build work skills, improve concentration, or simply have fun. At the end of each session, the occupational therapist will interview the patient, asking, for example, about the goal of the session and what may have occurred during the session to make it more helpful or less helpful. The interviews will be tape recorded and used to help determine how computers may be used most therapeutically.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00001516
- Run by
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- People needed
- 50
- Starts
- 1996-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2003-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2008-03-04
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Men, women and children from across the United States and from around the world who participate in clinical research at the National Institutes of Health, and who have been referred to occupational therapy as part of their routine care, are eligible to be considered for this study.
- Patients whose occupational therapy treatment plan recommends the personal computer intervention will be eligible to participate.
Where it is running
- Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (CC) — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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