Health Education and Relationships Through Theater: An RCT of Promoting Awareness Through Live Movement and Sound for Youth With Autism Spectrum Disorder (PALMS-ASD)
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Sexual Health, Education, Health
In brief
Teens with ASD ages 14-19 will be screened for eligibility, complete a baseline interviewer/ACASI-administered survey, and randomly assigned to either intervention or control group. The enrollment goal is 500 teens. The 12-hour intervention will be run in groups of up to 12 teens, with health educators leading the group and actors assisting, role playing with participants, and performing a skit. Teens in the intervention group will take a post satisfaction survey, and teens in both conditions will take a 6-month and 12-month interviewer/ACASI-administered outcome survey. Fidelity will be monitored by observers and rated by health educators.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04005547
- Run by
- Public Health Management Corporation
- People needed
- 72
- Starts
- 2017-09-15
- Expected to finish
- 2020-05-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-11-18
Who can join
Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- meets age limits and
- parent/self-identifying as having an autism spectrum disorder, Asperger's Syndrome, or autism-similar social challenges, and/or
- mild intellectual disability
You may not qualify if…
- screen-out with screening tool, if not screened in by documented staff observation
- Hospitalization within the last 3 months for a behavioral or mental cause
- Inability to participate in group setting (sensory, extreme social/communication challenges)
- Previous criminal conviction for sex offense
- Sibling previously randomized to control
- screen-out with KBIT-2: Score < 50 OR Score above 70 on KBIT-2 and not receiving services for or having a diagnosis of ASD
- capacity to consent
Where it is running
- Public Health Management Corporation — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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