Occupation-Based Coaching by Means of Telehealth for Families of Young Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Abstract

Occupation-Based Coaching delivered via telehealth appears to be an effective method of intervention to increase parent efficacy and child participation among families of children with ASD. Occupational therapists may consider how telehealth may be used to provide intervention to an increased number of families, in particular those in underserved areas.

Health coaching for parents of children with developmental disabilities: a systematic review

“…The methodological quality of non‐RCTs was (in descending order) low in 11 studies, and fair in four quality studies (Table SIII, online supporting information) . All but four studies described and followed the inclusion and exclusion criteria . All but two studies described the intervention and adherence to the intervention assignment .…”

“…Overall, 13 RCTs (including one follow-up report) 9,17-26,42-44 and 15 non-RCTs were selected for this review (Table SI, online supporting information). [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] Included RCTs and non-RCTs were published between 1988 and 2017 and between 2002 and 2018 respectively. Countries of publication for RCTs included (in descending order): the USA (n=4), 17,18,20,43 Australia (n=3), 21,22,26 Hong Kong (n=2), 9,25 the UK (n=2), 24,44 the Netherlands (n=1), 42 and Japan (n=1).…”

“…Countries of publication for RCTs included (in descending order): the USA (n=4), 17,18,20,43 Australia (n=3), 21,22,26 Hong Kong (n=2), 9,25 the UK (n=2), 24,44 the Netherlands (n=1), 42 and Japan (n=1). 23 Countries of publication for non-RCTs included (in descending order): the USA (n=5), 28,31,32,37,41 Australia (n=4), 27,29,30,36 the UK (n=2), 34,35 India (n=1), 33 Hong Kong (n=1), 38 Iran (n=1), 39 and China (n=1). 40 The methodological quality of the RCTs was (in descending order) high in nine, 9,17,18,20,22,23,25,26,42 fair in two, 21,43 and low in two (Table SII, online supporting information).…”

“…The methodological quality of non-RCTs was (in descending order) low in 11 studies, [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34]36,40,41 and fair in four quality studies (Table SIII, online supporting information). 35,[37][38][39] All but four studies described and followed the inclusion and exclusion criteria.…”

“…35,[37][38][39] All but four studies described and followed the inclusion and exclusion criteria. [27][28][29]41 All but two studies described the intervention and adherence to the intervention assignment. 33,40 All but one study described the measures undertaken, 29 which were reliable and valid for measuring the outcome of interest.…”