The Signposts Program for Parents of Children with a head injury

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001574437
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Participants are the primary caregivers (hereon referred to as parents) of at least one child who has sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury within the prior five years. The parents of children aged 2.0 to 6.11 at the time of injury, who sustained mild, moderate or severe injuries will be eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria are that medical records suggest that: parents and children do not have sufficient English skills, that the child has a prior history of significant neurological or developmental disorder, a diagnosed severe psychiatric disorder in the parent, or documented evidence that the TBI was non-accidental.
Parents may not have previously completed the 'Signposts' program.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child behaviour, measured through the Child Behaviour Checklist (parent report)[Immediately following program completion, and four months post-completion];Parent satisfaction of the program when delivered with clinician support via videoconferencing, measured through a consumer satisfaction scale developed for the program.[Immediately following program completion];Assessment of the feasibility of conducting the program with this mode of clinician support is measured through data collected on the program adherence (the number of parents who successfully complete all modules and videoconference meetings involved in the program, as a proportion of the number of parents who begin the program). Also, the number of technology difficulties that occur, if any, will be recorded, as these threaten the feasibility of using videoconferencing in clinical practice.[Data collection for this occurs throughout, and is completed at completion of the intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parent mental health, measured through the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)[Immediately following program completion, and four months post-completion];Parents' sense of satisfaction and self-efficacy in their parenting role, measured through the Parenting Sense of Competency questionnaire.[Immediately following program completion, and four months post-completion];Parenting disciplinary styles, as measured through the Parenting Style questionnaire[Immediately following program completion, and four months post-completion];Family functioning, as measured through the McMaster Family Assessment Device[Immediately following program completion, and four months post-completion]