| CTRI Number |
CTRI/2025/02/080100 [Registered on: 07/02/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively |
| Last Modified On: |
07/02/2025 |
| Post Graduate Thesis |
Yes |
| Type of Trial |
Observational |
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Type of Study
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Cross Sectional Study |
| Study Design |
Other |
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Public Title of Study
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A survey on Indian Occupational Therapists Views on Using Assistive Technology for Children with disabilities |
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Scientific Title of Study
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Perspectives of Indian Occupational Therapists Regarding the Utilization of Assistive Technology for Children with Special Needs: A Cross-sectional Study |
| Trial Acronym |
NIL |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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| Secondary ID |
Identifier |
| NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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| Name |
Harshini V S |
| Designation |
Post Graduate student |
| Affiliation |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| Address |
Department of occupational therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India |
| Phone |
7619346209 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
harshinivs2608@gmail.com |
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Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
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| Name |
Asish Das |
| Designation |
Assistant Professor |
| Affiliation |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| Address |
Department of occupational therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India |
| Phone |
7675892113 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
asish.das@manipal.edu |
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Details of Contact Person
Public Query
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| Name |
Asish Das |
| Designation |
Assistant Professor |
| Affiliation |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
| Address |
Department of occupational therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA
576104
India |
| Phone |
7675892113 |
| Fax |
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| Email |
asish.das@manipal.edu |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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| Department of Occupational Therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Udupi, Karnataka, India 576104 |
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Primary Sponsor
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| Name |
Harshini V S |
| Address |
Department of Occupational
Therapy, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal, Karnataka, India-576107 |
| Type of Sponsor |
Other [Self Funded] |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
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Sites of Study
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| No of Sites = 1 |
| Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
| Dr Harshini V S |
Manipal College of Health Professions |
Department of occupational therapy,Manipal College of Health Professions,Manipal
Udupi
KARNATAKA |
07619346209
harshinivs2608@gmail.com |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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| No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
| Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
| Kasturaba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Committee-2(Student Research) |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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| Health Type |
Condition |
| Healthy Human Volunteers |
Healthy Occupational Therapist |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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| Type |
Name |
Details |
| Intervention |
NIL |
NIL |
| Comparator Agent |
NIL |
NIL |
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Inclusion Criteria
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| Age From |
22.00 Year(s) |
| Age To |
99.00 Year(s) |
| Gender |
Both |
| Details |
Occupational therapists practicing with the pediatric population for a minimum of one year. They must currently practice in India. |
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| ExclusionCriteria |
| Details |
Undergraduate and Internship students, occupational therapist working experiences than one year having but no expertise in pediatric populations. Indian origin occupational therapist currently working in abroad. |
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Not Applicable |
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Method of Concealment
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Not Applicable |
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Blinding/Masking
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Not Applicable |
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Primary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| the perspective of occupational therapist on use of assistive technology for children with special needs |
9 to 10 minutes to administer the outcome measure |
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Secondary Outcome
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| Outcome |
TimePoints |
| NIL |
NIL |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="127"
Sample Size from India="127"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" |
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Phase of Trial
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N/A |
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Date of First Enrollment (India)
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18/02/2025 |
| Date of Study Completion (India) |
Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials |
| Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
Date Missing |
| Date of Study Completion (Global) |
Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials |
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Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="0"
Months="5"
Days="0" |
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Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
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Not Applicable |
| Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Not Yet Recruiting |
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Publication Details
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N/A |
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Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
Response - NO
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Brief Summary
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AIM:To assess the perspective of Indian occupational therapists regarding the utilization of assistive technology for children with special needs.OBJECTIVES: 1. Conducting a survey among Indian occupational therapists working with the children with special needs by using the developed and validated questionnaire. The questionnaire will be sent to 127 Indian occupational therapists who work with pediatric populations, conducted online using convenience and snowball sampling. Data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics, parametric/non-parametric tests, correlation, regression, and Chi-square tests, with Jamovi software for statistical analysis. |