Individual vs Cohort Long Distance Advising for Mental Care for Congenital Cataract Guardians

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cataract
• Interventions: Other: phone call; Other: wechat group

• Registration Number: NCT03216655
• Lead Sponsor: Sun Yat-sen University

Brief Summary

Nowadays, doctors put mental health at a prior place and pay more attention to the psychological problems of ill kids' parents. In our research, we try to find a new modern and efficient psychological counseling mode to improve the mentality of parents and relieve their anxiety and depression. We divide guardians of parents into two groups .One group is given the traditional follow-up by regular phone call every month. The other is in a wechat group. A doctor send the useful information about kids care and answer questions of parents at regular time every month. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores of parents are marked before and after the long follow up.

Detailed Description

Congenital cataract (CC) is the leading cause of reversible blindness during childhood, which appears at birth or during the first decade of life. Nowadays, doctors put mental health at a prior place and pay more attention to the psychological problems of ill kids' parents. In our research, we try to find a new modern and efficient psychological counseling mode to improve the mentality of parents and relieve their anxiety and depression. We divide guardians of parents into two groups .One group is given the traditional follow-up by regular phone call every month. The other is in a wechat group. A doctor send the useful information about kids care and answer questions of parents at regular time every month. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores of parents are marked before and after the long follow up.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-07-10
• Study Start: 2017-07-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-07-11
• Study First Posted: 2017-07-13
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-30
• Study Completion: 2018-08-20
• Status Verified: 2020-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-11
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 72

Inclusion Criteria

the guardians of kids who had a surgery for congenital cataract recently

Exclusion Criteria

have other major life hit was diagnosed of anxiety and depression before

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
traditional group	phone call	phone call
new device group	wechat group	wechat group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
similar effect	baseline	the SAS and SDS level are same in two groups
efficient effect	baseline	the SAS and SDS level are higher in traditional group
invalid effect	baseline	the SAS and SDS level are lower in traditional group

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University; 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China