NCT04381195Completed
Relationships, Employment, Autonomy, and Life Satisfaction (REALS) Study
Relationships, Employment, Autonomy, and Life Satisfaction - #REALSadultlife
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Apr 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
One of the major methodological obstacles to more informed policies and programs to support the successful transition to adulthood in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the absence of suitable measures of meaningful outcomes for adults. Currently available options include (a) measures designed for children that largely fail to capture concepts pertinent in adulthood or (b) the use of broad, often dichotomous outcomes (e.g., employed or not) that are insufficiently sensitive for monitoring progress. The objective of this project is to develop efficient and validated proxy and self-report measures for autistic adults and adults with other IDD in the domains of relationships, employment, autonomy, and life satisfaction called the REALS. This study will build on prior success in applying methods from the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) to measurement development in ASD and will utilize a national sample of 500 autistic adults capable of self-report and 500 caregivers of autistic adults representative of the entire range of speaking level.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 1650 (actual)
- First submitted
- 1 May 2020
- Start date
- 28 Jun 2021
- Primary completion date
- 28 Feb 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT04381195
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 1650
- From 28 Jun 2021 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other
- Because the goal is to refine the items and ensure coverage of all relevant constructs, the investigators will seek a broad sample to support generalizability and representativeness (there will be no exclusion criteria).
Who the study is looking for
- Across Aims, inclusion criteria are:
- adult age, defined as 18+ years old;
- professional diagnosis of ASD or caregiver of an adult with a professional diagnosis of ASD.
- age 18 years or older;
- caregiver of an autistic adult with at least weekly contact. For adults who cannot self-report, only caregiver report data on the REALS will be collected.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pittsburgh | United States | Unknown status |
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