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KONTAKT© for Australian adolescents on the autism spectrum: protocol of a randomized control trial.

Bahareh Afsharnejad, Marita Falkmer, Melissa H Black, Tasha Alach, Fabian Lenhard, Anna Fridell, Christina Coco, Kelly Milne, Nigel T M Chen, Sven Bölte and 1 more

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Article in Trials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03294668 (Developing and Evaluating a Social Skills Group Training for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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NCT03294668 nacompletednot on this map

Developing and Evaluating a Social Skills Group Training for Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum

TypeinterventionalSponsorCurtin UniversityRan2017 to 2020Enrolled90ConditionsAutism Spectrum DisorderArmsKONTAKT Australia, Super Chef
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Bahareh AfsharnejadSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Works and Speech pathology, Curtin University, Kent street, Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Marita FalkmerSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Works and Speech pathology, Curtin University, Kent street, Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Melissa H BlackSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Works and Speech pathology, Curtin University, Kent street, Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Tasha AlachAutism Association of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Fabian LenhardCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
Anna FridellCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christina CocoCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet & Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
Kelly MilneAutism Association of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Nigel T M ChenCurtin Autism Research Group (CARG), Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Sven BölteSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Works and Speech pathology, Curtin University, Kent street, Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia.
Sonya GirdlerSchool of Occupational Therapy, Social Works and Speech pathology, Curtin University, Kent street, Bentley, Perth, WA, 6102, Australia. Sonya.girdler@curtin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-0800

Funding

Stan Perron Charitable Trust (AUS) Awarded to the Curtin Autism Research Group
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience impairing challenges in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts. While social skills group training (SSGT) has shown moderate effects on various sociability outcomes in ASD, there is a need for (1) replication of effects in additional clinical and cultural contexts, (2) designs that employ active control groups, (3) calculation of health economic benefits, (4) identification of the optimal training duration, and (5) measurement of individual goals and quality of life outcomes. METHOD/

designWith the aim of investigating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a SSGT, KONTAKT©, a two-armed randomized control trial with adolescents aged 12-17 years (N = 90) with ASD and an intelligence quotient (IQ) of over 70 will be undertaken. Following stratification for centre and gender, participants will be randomly assigned to either KONTAKT© or to an active control group, a group-based cooking programme. Participants will attend both programmes in groups of 6-8 adolescents, over 16 one-and-a-half-hour sessions. The primary outcome examined is adolescent self-rated achievement of personally meaningful social goals as assessed via the Goal Attainment Scaling during an interview with a blinded clinician. Secondary outcomes include adolescent self-reported interpersonal efficacy, quality of life, social anxiety, loneliness, face emotion recognition performance and associated gaze behaviour, and parent proxy reports of autistic traits, quality of life, social functioning, and emotion recognition and expression. Cost-effectiveness will be investigated in relation to direct and indirect societal and healthcare costs. DISCUSSION: The primary outcomes of this study will be evidenced in the anticipated achievement of adolescents' personally meaningful social goals following participation in KONTAKT© as compared to the active control group. This design will enable rigorous evaluation of the efficacy of KONTAKT©, exercising control over the possibly confounding effect of exposure to a social context of peers with a diagnosis of ASD.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR). ACTRN12617001117303. Registered on 31 July 2017. anzctr.org.au ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03294668. Registered on 22 September 2017. https://clinicaltrials.gov.

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Psychotherapy, GroupRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSocial SkillsAdolescentAutism Spectrum DisorderChildCosts and Cost AnalysisEfficiencyFemaleHumansMaleOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality of LifeResearch DesignAdolescentsAutism spectrum disorderKONTAKTSocial skillsTraining

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PMID31815642
PMCPMC6902510

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