Rehabilitation Status of Children With Cerebral Palsy and Anxiety of Their Caregivers During the Covid19 Pandemic

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Cerebral Palsy; Covid19

• Registration Number: NCT04916873
• Lead Sponsor: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

Brief Summary

Rehabilitation status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and anxiety of their caregivers during the covid19 pandemic were explored. 206 caregivers who voluntarily accepted to participate were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and evaluated about the rehabilitation status of their children.The anxiety levels of all caregivers were found high and the rehabilitation programmes of the children were interrupted.

Detailed Description

Investigators aimed to explore the rehabilitation status of children with CP and anxiety of their caregivers during the covid19 pandemic. Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic were called up during pandemic period. 206 caregivers who voluntarily accepted to participate were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and evaluated about the rehabilitation status of their children. Demographic data, associated problems of children, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) levels were recorded from their files. For the statistical analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 22 (SPSS IBM, Turkey) programs were used. While evaluating the study data, the suitability of the parameters to the normal distribution was evaluated with the Shapiro Wilks test. Significance was evaluated at the p \<0.05 level.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-28
• Primary Completion: 2020-06-26
• Study Completion: 2020-07-30
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-08
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 206

Inclusion Criteria

• Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic who voluntarily accepted to participate

Exclusion Criteria

• Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic who didn't accept to participate

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety of the caregivers of the children with cerebral palsy	1 month	State-Trait Anxiety levels of caregivers of the children with cerebral palsy during the covid19 pandemic.The total score of the State-Trait Anxiety scale varies between 20 and 80. Those who score below 36 are classified as "no anxiety", those between 37-42 points as "mild anxiety" and those with 42 points and above as "high anxiety".
Rehabilitation process of the children with cerebral palsy	1 month	Rehabilitation status of the children with cerebral palsy during the covid19 pandemic. Rehabilitation frequency of children and home exercise status are evaluated

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pinar Akpinar; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Atasehir, Turkey