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Age: 3Years - 5Years
All Genders
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ID06420544

Japi: Cognitive, Emotional and Social Stimulation for Preschool Children

Led by Universidad de los Andes, Chile · Updated on 2024-06-14

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Participants Needed

2

Research Sites

N/A

Total Duration

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Sponsors

U

Universidad de los Andes, Chile

Lead Sponsor

U

University of Talca

Collaborating Sponsor

AI-Summary

What this Trial Is About

Mental health disorders are a leading cause of illness worldwide, with their impact expected to grow. This research focuses on early childhood in low and middle income countries, where mental health challenges have increased, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study aims to address behavioral problems and improve cognitive and socio-emotional skills in preschool children from vulnerable communities by developing and testing a gaming platform. The intervention involves a gaming platform called "Japi" designed to stimulate cognitive and non-cognitive skills in children aged 3 to 5 years. Children in the intervention group will play the game on tablets twice a week for 15 minutes each session over 12 weeks, totaling 24 sessions. Early Years Educators and Research Assistants will support the children during gameplay. The game sessions focus sequentially on emotional regulation and inhibitory control, working memory and problem-solving, and empathy and planning skills. The control group will follow the standard school curriculum without the gaming intervention. Participants will be evaluated for acceptability and feasibility of the gaming platform and dashboards over about six months. Researchers will assess cognitive functions such as working memory, inhibitory control, emotion recognition, social competence, and behavioral problems using various tests and questionnaires. The study includes monitoring through educator reports and game progress data to understand the intervention's impact on mental health and developmental outcomes in early childhood.

CONDITIONS

Brief Title

Japi: Cognitive, Emotional and Social Stimulation for Preschool Children

Who Can Participate

Age: 3Years - 5Years
All Genders
Healthy Volunteers

Eligibility Criteria

Eligible

You may qualify if you...

  • Schools located in Santiago (Chile)
  • Schools with Preschool Education
  • Mixed-sex schools
  • Schools with vulnerability of 75% or higher measured by the School Vulnerability Index
  • Children attending pre-kindergarten
Not Eligible

You will not qualify if you...

  • Schools with three or more preschool classes
  • Schools implementing a manualized program to promote cognitive or social-emotional skills
  • Schools participating in a similar study
  • Children with intellectual disability
  • Children unable to understand and speak Spanish

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Your Study Journey

Screening

Duration - 2 to 4 weeks

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial.

1 visit (in-person)

Outpatient Treatment

Duration - 12 weeks

Participants in the intervention group will play with the gaming platform "Japi" using a tablet device twice a week. Each session lasts 15 minutes, focusing on stimulating cognitive and non-cognitive skills, supported by Early Year Educators and Research Assistants.

Two 15-minute sessions per week for 12 weeks

Monitoring

Duration - Up to 6 months

Throughout the study, participants' acceptability, feasibility, and progress on the videogame will be assessed along with evaluations of working memory, inhibitory control, emotion recognition, social competence, and behavioral problems.

Assessments conducted periodically during and after intervention completion

Trial Site Locations

Total: 2 locations

1

Universidad de los Andes

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile, 7620086

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Universidad de los Andes

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

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Research Team

J

Jorge Gaete, MD, PhD

N

Natalia Ríos, BA

How is the study designed?

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Masking

DOUBLE

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Model

PARALLEL

Primary Purpose

PREVENTION

Number of Arms

2

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