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Empowering Parental Caregivers

NCT ID: NCT06173700

Last Updated: 2023-12-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

5 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-06

Study Completion Date

2023-08-09

Brief Summary

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The goal of this clinical trial was to learn about the feasibility and pilot outcome measures in caregivers of children with spinal cord injury who completed a 7-week problem-solving training web-based group. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the feasibility of a seven-week, occupational therapist-facilitated, web-based support group with problem-solving training for parental caregivers of children with SCI?

Participants participated 1 time a week for seven weeks in a web-based group group:

* learning about the FOCUS problem-solving model
* applying positive coping and problem-solving strategies to current issues.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Caregivers

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Single Group Intervention

7-week web-based group with problem solving training

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

web-based group problem solving and coping training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The group included one-hour, weekly Zoom sessions, that were facilitated by an occupational therapy doctoral candidate (first author) for 7 consecutive weeks. During the first session, the candidate explained adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies and asked each participant to identify one adaptive coping strategy that they currently use and will continue to use in the future. The candidate then explained the FOCUS problem-solving approach. For each session afterward, the candidate presented a topic-related scenario for parents to identify an effective solution using the FOCUS steps (APA, 2011). Parent-chosen topics included recreation, assistive technology, motivating and advocating, physical activity, skin integrity, and adaptive fashion. The general process of the meetings is presented in Figure 1. After every meeting the candidate sent out a summary of resources that were discussed during the meeting, ultimately putting them all together in an "Empowering Caregiver Guide."

Interventions

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web-based group problem solving and coping training

The group included one-hour, weekly Zoom sessions, that were facilitated by an occupational therapy doctoral candidate (first author) for 7 consecutive weeks. During the first session, the candidate explained adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies and asked each participant to identify one adaptive coping strategy that they currently use and will continue to use in the future. The candidate then explained the FOCUS problem-solving approach. For each session afterward, the candidate presented a topic-related scenario for parents to identify an effective solution using the FOCUS steps (APA, 2011). Parent-chosen topics included recreation, assistive technology, motivating and advocating, physical activity, skin integrity, and adaptive fashion. The general process of the meetings is presented in Figure 1. After every meeting the candidate sent out a summary of resources that were discussed during the meeting, ultimately putting them all together in an "Empowering Caregiver Guide."

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* one must be a parent or guardian of a child with a spinal cord injury or disorder, be that child's primary caregiver, and be 18 years or older.

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duquesne University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Elena Donoso Brown, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Duquesne University

Elena Martino, BS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Duquesne University

Locations

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United Spinal Association

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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2023/04/8

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id