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NCT Number: NCT03659279

Let's Get Organized Feasibility Study

The aim of this study is to pilot test the Let's Get Organized (LGO) Occupational Therapy intervention in a Swedish context by exploring possible enhancements in time management skills, aspects of executive functioning, and satisfaction with daily occupations in persons with time-management difficulties due to neurodevelopmental and/or mental disorders.

Method:

A pre-post design with 3 and 12-months follow-up is used.

The LGO intervention is a manual-based group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopmental disorders. The LGO is conducted as 10 weekly 1.5-hour group sessions. Two trained group leaders, lead each group of 6-8 participants. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. All group sessions follow the same format, and each session has a set theme. Group sessions are structured with a slide presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete.

The primary outcome of the study is self-reported time management measured by the Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S). Secondary outcomes are executive functioning measured with the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) and satisfaction with daily occupations, which is measured with the interview-administered questionnaire Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13).

Data will be collected before intervention start (pre intervention), after intervention completion (post intervention) and 3 and 12 months post intervention completion. The ATMS will be collected at all four time points. The WCPA and SDO-13 will be collected pre, post and 12 months post intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

Neurodevelopmental Disorders Mental Disorder Mental Disorders

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • confirmed or suspected diagnosis of a mental disorder, such as affective disorder or schizophrenia, or neurodevelopmental disorder, such as autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/attention deficit disorder
  • self-reported difficulties in time management in daily life to an extent that affects functioning in daily life negatively

Exclusion criteria

  • intellectual disability

Treatment and study plan

Let's Get Organized

Behavioral

Group intervention aiming to enhance time-management, targeted to persons with mental or neurodevelopment disorders. Each group has 6-8 participants and is lead by two trained group leaders. Goal-directed and other learning strategies are used to train effective time management habits such as maintaining a calendar and wearing a watch. Group sessions are structured with a PowerPoint presentation and a course manual, and information from the group leaders is intermixed with discussion among the participants and tasks to complete.

Other names: LGO

Primary outcomes

  1. Change Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Time management sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months

    Time management (11 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) No of appointments

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    No of correctly entered appointments (range 0-17) Total time No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)

  2. Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Total time

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    Total time No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)

  3. Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Strategies

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    No of strategies used No of rules followed (0-5)

  4. Change in Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA-SE) Rules followed

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    No of rules followed (range 0-5)

  5. Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Activity sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    No of activities (range 0-13)

  6. Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Satisfaction sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    Satisfaction sub scale score (each item is scored 1-7 and summed to a sub scale score, range 13-91, higher score indicates better satisfaction)

  7. Change in Satisfaction with Daily Occupations 13 items (SDO-13) Global satisfaction sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 62-months

    Global satisfaction score (range 1-5, lower score indicates better satisfaction)

  8. Change in Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Organization and planning sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months

    Organization and Planning (11 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)

  9. Change in Assessment of Time Management Skills (ATMS-S) Regulation of emotions sub scale

    Time frame: baseline (pre-intervention), 10 weeks, 24 weeks, 62-months

    Regulation of emotions (5 items) measured in ATMS units (range 0-100)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Örebro University, Sweden

Other

Collaborators

  • Dalarna County Council, Sweden
  • Region Gävleborg
  • Region Örebro County
  • State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
  • Uppsala University

Registry information

Official study title

Pilot Study of "Let's Get Organized" - a Group Intervention for Improving Time Management

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2017
First posted
Sep 6, 2018
Registry last updated
Oct 26, 2018

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