Colleen Cameron Whiting, Sarah A Schoen, Linda Niemeyer
A Sensory Integration Intervention in the School Setting to Support Performance and Participation: A Multiple-Baseline Study
The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
earlier designed evaluated educational mass media intervention improving peoples ability think critically assess trustworthiness claims assertions benefits harms effects treatments overall aims followup study evaluate impact intervention 1 year administered assess retention learning behaviour regarding claims treatments randomly allocated consenting parents listen either informed health choices podcast intervention typical public service announcements health issues control 710 weeks intervention episode explained trustworthiness treatment claims assessed using relevant key concepts evidenceinformed decisionmaking participants listened two episodes per week delivered research assistants evaluated outcomes immediately year intervention primary outcomes mean score proportion score indicating basic ability apply key concepts 11 18 correct answers tool measuring peoples ability critically appraise trustworthiness treatment claims skills decayretention estimated calculating relative difference followup initial results intervention group adjusting chance statistical analyses performed using r r core team vienna austria version 343 1 year mean score parents intervention group 589 correct answers compared 526 control adjusted mean difference 67 95 ci 33 101 intervention group 472 267 parents score indicating basic ability assess treatment claims compared 395 256 parents control adjusted difference 98 parents 95 ci 09 189 represent relative reductions 29 mean scores 33 proportion parents score indicating basic ability assess trustworthiness claims treatment effects although listening informed health choices podcast initially led large improvement ability parents assess claims effects treatments findings show skills decreased substantially 1 year active practice could address substantial skills decay observed 1 year pan african clinical trial registry wwwpactrorg pactr201606001676150 registered 12 june 2016