Realidad aumentada y estimulación de la competencia socio-comunicativa en sujetos con TEA

Se recogen estudios centrados en analizar el impacto de la realidad aumentada (RA) en intervenciones con sujetos con Trastorno del Espectro Autista (TEA), orientados a estimular sus competencias social y comunicativa, favoreciendo su interacción social. Se adopta una metodología cualitativa, concretada en la revisión sistemática de investigaciones (N=26) -a través de meta-análisis-, publicadas durante 2012-2020 en revistas de impacto, desarrolladas en tres contextos: educativo, experimental-psicológico y tecnológico. Los resultados reflejan que en su mayoría son estudios de caso. Destacan los estudios de índole tecnológico, ligados al diseño e implementación de recursos con RA en ámbito clínico. Asimismo, los asociados a intervenciones en contextos educativos incorporan la RA como recursos didácticos en ámbitos escolares. Los desarrollados en contextos experimentales-psicológicos describen intervenciones con RA y analizan el comportamiento de los sujetos en diversos ámbitos. Se observa unanimidad al subrayar el impacto positivo de las app o sistemas de RA para estimular la interacción social. Sin embargo, no especifican las fases de intervención ni utilizan app o recursos comerciales o accesibles, limitando su extrapolación a otros contextos. Concluyendo, se precisan equipos interdisciplinares que compartan hallazgos que redunden en beneficio de los sujetos con TEA, suscitando intervenciones que favorezcan su plena inclusión socio-educativa. Some studies, focused on analysing the impact of augmented reality in interventions to people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are gathered, directed to stimulate their social and communicative abilities in order to favour their social interaction. A qualitative methodology is adopted in this paper as specified in the systematic revision of investigations (N=26) -through meta-analysis- published during 2012-2020 in specialized academic journals and developed in three different contexts: educative, technological and psycho-experimental. The results show that most of them are case studies. Technological studies, bound to the design and establishment of augmented reality resources in the clinical setting, are the ones that stand out. Furthermore, those associated to interventions in the educational environment incorporate augmented reality as a teaching resource in the school setting. Finally, those developed in a psycho-experimental context describe interventions with augmented reality and analyse the people’s behaviour in different fields. Unanimity is observed when it comes to highlight the positive impact these apps or augmented reality systems have to stimulate social interaction. However, interventions phases are not specified nor are accessible or commercial resources used, what restricts its extrapolation to other contexts. In conclusion, an interdisciplinary equipment which shares the discoveries concerning the benefit of people with ASD is required, arousing interventions which favour their total socio-educational inclusion.

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Supporting Youth With Autism Learning Social Competence: A Comparison of Game- and Nongame-Based Activities in 3D Virtual World

Journal of Educational Computing Research ◽

10.1177/07356331211022003 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 073563312110220

Author(s):

Xianhui Wang ◽

Wanli Xing

Keyword(s):

Social Interaction ◽

Social Competence ◽

Central Element ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Virtual Learning Environment ◽

Learning Activities ◽

Behavior Patterns ◽

Interaction Behavior ◽

Significant Difference ◽

The Impact

This study explored youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) learning social competence in the context of innovative 3D virtual learning environment and the effects of gaming as a central element of the learning experience. The empirical study retrospectively compared the social interactions of 11 adolescents with ASD in game-and nongame-based 3D collaborative learning activities in the same social competence training curriculum. We employed a learning analytics approach - association rule mining to uncover the associative rules of verbal social interaction and nonverbal social interaction contributors from the large dataset of the coded social behaviors. By comparing the rules across the game and nongame activities, we found a significant difference in youth with ASD’s social performance. The results of the group comparison study indicated that the co-occurrence of verbal and nonverbal behaviors is much stronger in the game-based learning activities. The game activities also yielded more diverse social interaction behavior patterns. On the other hand, in the nongame activities, students’ social interaction behavior patterns are much more limited. Furthermore, the impact of game design principles on learning is then discussed in this paper.

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Engaging community pharmacists in quality improvement (QI): a qualitative case study of a partnership between a Higher Education Institute and Local Pharmaceutical Committees

BMJ Open Quality ◽

10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. e001047

Author(s):

Asam Latif ◽

Nargis Gulzar ◽

Fiona Lowe ◽

Theo Ansong ◽

Sejal Gohil

Keyword(s):

Quality Improvement ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Community Pharmacists ◽

Educational Institute ◽

Collaboration And Communication ◽

Improve Service Quality ◽

The Impact

BackgroundQuality improvement (QI) involves the use of systematic tools and methods to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients. However, awareness and application of QI among healthcare professionals is poor and new strategies are needed to engage them in this area.ObjectivesThis study describes an innovative collaboration between one Higher Educational Institute (HEI) and Local Pharmaceutical Committees (LPCs) to develop a postgraduate QI module aimed to upskill community pharmacists in QI methods. The study explores pharmacist engagement with the learning and investigates the impact on their practice.MethodsDetails of the HEI–LPCs collaboration and communication with pharmacist were recorded. Focus groups were held with community pharmacists who enrolled onto the module to explore their motivation for undertaking the learning, how their knowledge of QI had changed and how they applied this learning in practice. A constructivist qualitative methodology was used to analyse the data.ResultsThe study found that a HEI–LPC partnership was feasible in developing and delivering the QI module. Fifteen pharmacists enrolled and following its completion, eight took part in one of two focus groups. Pharmacists reported a desire to extend and acquire new skills. The HEI–LPC partnership signalled a vote of confidence that gave pharmacists reassurance to sign up for the training. Some found returning to academia challenging and reported a lack of time and organisational support. Despite this, pharmacists demonstrated an enhanced understanding of QI, were more analytical in their day-to-day problem-solving and viewed the learning as having a positive impact on their team’s organisational culture with potential to improve service quality for patients.ConclusionsWith the increased adoption of new pharmacist’s roles and recent changes to governance associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, a HEI–LPC collaborative approach could upskill pharmacists and help them acquire skills to accommodate new working practices.

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Preemptive interventions for infants and toddlers with a high likelihood for autism: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Autism ◽

10.1177/13623613211050433 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136236132110504

Author(s):

Lauren H Hampton ◽

Elizabeth M Rodriguez

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Child Outcomes ◽

Developmental Outcomes ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Early Interventions ◽

Infants And Toddlers ◽

High Likelihood ◽

Parent Implementation ◽

The Impact

Understanding the impact of preemptive interventions on development for those with a high likelihood for autism is a critical step in building a transdiagnostic model of optimized intervention. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to examine the impact of preemptive autism interventions on parent outcomes and child developmental outcomes. A total of 345 unique records were assessed for eligibility yielding 13 unique studies with 715 total infant/toddlers with a high likelihood for autism. There was a significant association between the early interventions on parent implementation of intervention strategies immediately following the intervention. However, there was no significant association between the early interventions and child developmental outcomes. The studies reporting moderator and/or mediator analyses suggest a meaningful association between parent implementation and long-term child social communication outcomes. Taken together, these findings suggest that parent-mediated interventions are associated with improved parent use of strategies, and although these results do not translate into immediate or short-term child developmental outcomes, there is evidence that parents with the greatest implementation facilitate later improved communication outcomes for their children. There is an urgent need to develop a nuanced intervention approach during a time of ever-changing concern about child development. Lay abstract Interventions to address core symptoms for young children on the autism spectrum have a strong and growing evidence base. Adapting and delivering evidence-based interventions to infants and toddlers with a high likelihood for autism is a logical next step. This systematic review and meta-analysis summarize the association between infant and toddler interventions and developmental and family outcomes. Results indicate that these early interventions are effective for improving parent implementation of core strategies, yet the effects do not readily translate to child outcomes. However, key studies demonstrate conditional results that indicate that parent implementation is associated with child outcome. Implications for research and practice toward building adaptive interventions that respond to parent implementation and changing child characteristics are discussed.

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Impact of social media usage on performance of construction businesses (CBs) in Abuja, Nigeria

Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction ◽

10.1108/jfmpc-05-2020-0042 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi ◽

Olufemi Seth Olorunyomi ◽

Richard Ajayi Jimoh ◽

James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Building Materials ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Research Approach ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Business Interest ◽

The Impact

Purpose Many construction businesses are currently building and keeping social media pages for their enterprises to be visible to the public to improve their social interaction, promote business interest, build trust and relationships with their targeted audience on social media. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social mediausage on performance of construction businesses (CBs) in Abuja, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative research approach by identifying constructs that reveal three aspects of organisation’s physiognomies that impact the process of espousing, implementing and using technological innovations in conducting businesses. Well-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 113 purposively sampled building materials’ merchant operating in Dei-Dei Market, Abuja, Nigeria. This study used partial least squares structural equation modelling technique to establish the relationship among the constructs. Findings The results of this study indicated that technology has significant relationship with social media adoption, whereas social media adoption has a very strong positive impact on organisation’s performance (P < 0.001) with respect to improved customer relations and services and enhanced information accessibility. Research limitations/implications This study has implications for CBs that wish to adopt social media to promote their businesses by presenting to them the opportunity to understand the impact of technology, environment and organisational potential in improving business performance. This study is cross-sectional in nature, and this calls for caution in interpreting the results. Originality/value This paper developed and tested a conceptual framework presented to understand the interrelationships amongst the constructs, which would be of great significance to business owners in developing their social interaction and promote business interest via social media. The outcome of this research is beneficial to researchers to further study how the different social media tools could help in influencing business decisions.

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Sleep in youth with autism spectrum disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis of subjective and objective studies

Evidence-Based Mental Health ◽

10.1136/ebmental-2018-300037 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 146-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Amparo Díaz-Román ◽

Junhua Zhang ◽

Richard Delorme ◽

Anita Beggiato ◽

Samuele Cortese

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Autism Spectrum Disorders ◽

Evidence Synthesis ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Newcastle Ottawa Scale ◽

Spectrum Disorders ◽

Sleep Alterations ◽

The Impact ◽

Ottawa Scale

BackgroundSleep problems are common and impairing in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Evidence synthesis including both subjective (ie, measured with questionnaires) and objective (ie, quantified with neurophysiological tools) sleep alterations in youth with ASD is currently lacking.ObjectiveWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of subjective and objective studies sleep studies in youth with ASD.MethodsWe searched the following electronic databases with no language, date or type of document restriction up to 23 May 2018: PubMed, PsycInfo, Embase+Embase Classic, Ovid Medline and Web of Knowledge. Random-effects models were used. Heterogeneity was assessed with Cochran’s Q and I2 statistics. Publication (small studies) bias was assessed with final plots and the Egger’s test. Study quality was evaluated with the Newcastle Ottawa Scale. Analyses were conducted using Review Manager and Comprehensive Meta-Analysis.FindingsFrom a pool of 3359 non-duplicate potentially relevant references, 47 datasets were included in the meta-analyses. Subjective and objective sleep outcome measures were extracted from 37 and 15 studies, respectively. Only five studies were based on comorbidity free, medication-naïve participants. Compared with typically developing controls, youth with ASD significantly differed in 10/14 subjective parameters and in 7/14 objective sleep parameters. The average quality score in the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was 5.9/9.Discussion and clinical implicationsA number of subjective and, to a less extent, objective sleep alterations might characterise youth with ASD, but future studies should assess the impact of pharmacological treatment and psychiatric comorbidities.

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The effectiveness of game-based learning on English as a foreign language proficiency: A meta-analysis

BULLETIN Series of Pedagogical Sciences ◽

10.51889/2021-3.1728-5496.09 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 71 (3) ◽

pp. 78-89

Author(s):

K.T. Kudarova ◽

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G.S. Bimasheva ◽

Sh.G. Iskakova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Foreign Language ◽

Language Proficiency ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Foreign Language Learning ◽

Combined Effect ◽

Game Based Learning ◽

Mathematical Methods ◽

Foreign Language Proficiency ◽

The Impact

This study was aimed to synthesize data on the impact of game-based learning on English as a foreign language learning outcome. To achieve the goal, a search for relevant studies was performed via Google Scholar electronic database, followed by the results extraction and their meta-analysis using Meta-Essentials statistical software. Since most of the relevant publications utilized the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) to assess the intervention effectiveness, only those studies that used TOEIC or a TOEIC-derived test were included in the present meta-analysis to unify the performance scale. The final analysis included four experimental interventions involving 148 individuals. According to the results, the combined effect (Hedges g = 0.56) of game-based learning on post-test TOEIC scores exceeds controls, but the difference is not statistically significant. Thus, concerning the study sample, it has to be said that there appears to be no positive impact of gamification on English language acquisition. The findings should be interpreted with caution due to the risk of heterogeneity between the included studies (I2 = 33.81%) and their low number. Nevertheless, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, the current meta-analysis is one of the few studies to date that employ mathematical methods to obtain a combined effect of gamified learning on English as a foreign language proficiency.

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Using digital social stories to improve social skills in children with autism: a pilot experimental single-subject study

Advances in Autism ◽

10.1108/aia-02-2021-0013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Mohammed F. Safi ◽

Maitha Alnuaimi ◽

Abdelaziz Sartawi

Keyword(s):

Social Skills ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Causal Relation ◽

Social Stories ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Single Subject ◽

Content Type ◽

Intervention Phase ◽

The Impact

Purpose Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face difficulty with educational attainment because of to their inability to interact with others. One intervention that is used to increase social skills in individuals with ASD is social stories. This study aimed at exploring the impact of digital social stories in improving social skills of two students with ASD in the UAE. Design/methodology/approach An experimental AB single-subject study was conducted to investigate the impact of digital social stories on nonverbal communication, targeting two specific behaviors: raising hands before leaving one’s seat (TB1) and playing and sharing toys with peers (TB2). Two digital social stories (DSS1 and DSS2) were developed for the purpose of this study and transformed using a digital platform to be displayed on an iPad (tablet). Findings This study involved two male participants with ASD (10 and 11 years old). Participant one demonstrated improvement in TB1 (mean of 1.11) because of DSS1 in the intervention phase. Participant two demonstrated improvement of 18% in TB2 ( mean of 0.18) as a result of DSS2 in the intervention phase. Practical implications Both students that participated in the study showed a positive change in their target behaviors during the intervention phase intervention at different levels. Using an ABA study design would have been stronger in establishing a more valid causal relation in this single-subject design study. However, due the COVID-19 closures and curfews, the researchers had to switch to the AB design. Originality/value This study demonstrated how social stories had a positive impact on ASD social skills. Further, it indicated the potential effectiveness of using digital social stories to reduce undesirable behaviors or increase a desirable behaviors in children who have ASD.

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The impact of service innovation on firm performance: a meta-analysis

Journal of Service Management ◽

10.1108/josm-03-2019-0089 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Changli Feng ◽

Ruize Ma ◽

Lin Jiang

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Service Innovation ◽

Future Research ◽

Quantitative Review ◽

Content Type ◽

And Performance ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

PurposeWith the rise of service economy, many companies are attempting to gain a competitive advantage through service innovation. However, the existing research has not drawn consistent conclusions about the relationship between service innovation and firm performance. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative review on the service innovation-performance relationship based on research findings reported in the extant literature.Design/methodology/approachStudies from 46 peer-reviewed articles were sampled and analyzed. A meta-analytic approach was adopted to conduct a quantitative review on the relationship between service innovation and firm performance, and the effects of any potential moderators were further explored.FindingsThe results found that service innovation has a significant positive impact on firm performance. Additionally, the relationship between service innovation and firm performance is influenced by measurement moderators (economic region and performance measurement), and contextual moderators (firm type, innovation type, customer factors and attitudes toward risk).Originality/valueThe meta-analysis has been used to explore the relationship between service innovation and firm performance, and the findings have contributed to the literature on service innovation, as well as providing future research directions.

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