Testing of Online Version of QAPS

Part of paid clinical trials in Richmond, Virginia.

Sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Study ID
NCT05905523
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Child Development

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
3 Years - 7 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Assessing prewriting skills in children — OTHER
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Study Details

Early evaluation of prewriting skills is important, as prewriting skills set the stage for later learning of the fine motor and visual motor skills needed for writing. Evaluation of prewriting skills allows for the identification of those children who struggle with these tasks so that early intervention might address these foundational skills before academic demands become more challenging. However, current prewriting skill assessments are limited to pencil-and-paper assessments that require an evaluator to score the drawn shapes. Manual scoring is time consuming, can be subjective, and limit the ability to capture subtle changes in performance. We have developed an assessment on a tablet to assess prewriting skills in children. The preliminary testing of the assessment is published in a paper (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35417278/). We are now working on developing an online version of the assessment that will allow offsite data collection and will automate the analysis on the website so that the results can be automatically generated for the clinician or educator who wants to use this with the children they work with.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 3, 2023
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Dec 1, 2026
Completion
Dec 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
1,000 participants (estimated)

Arms

  • Arm: 3 year old participants
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development
  • Arm: 4 year old participants
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development
  • Arm: 5 year old participants
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development
  • Arm: 6 year old participants
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development
  • Arm: 7 year old participants
    In this study, your child will be asked to do the following things: 1. Play a drawing game on a tablet 2. Copy shapes using a pencil in a paper booklet 3. Write some letters and cut paper with scissors You will complete surveys and answer questions about your child's development

Primary Outcome Measure

Online QAPS [ Time Frame: 5-10 minutes ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Virginia Commonweath UniversityRichmondVirginia23298
Virginia Chu
[email protected]
804-828-1564

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