Web-based Daily Care Training of Children With Cerebral Palsy

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
• Interventions: Other: web-based daily care training

• Registration Number: NCT02545179
• Lead Sponsor: University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Science

Brief Summary

Purpose:Effect of web-based daily care training on the quality of life of caregivers of children with cerebral palsy.

study design: Single-blind clinical trial. study population: Caregivers of children with cerebral palsy. Inclusion criteria: caregiver -Mother of a child with cerebral palsy who spent most time on child care- Children with cerebral palsy aged 4 to 12 years old living in Alborz province that clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy registered in their clinical records. Moderate and severe cerebral palsy (gross motor function levels 3 to 5). caregiver have facilities and basic knowledge of using Internet (Declared access to the Internet at least one hour a week). exclusion criteria: taking care of two or more children with disability. participated in previous face to face training programs.

Sample size: 100. Intervention: Web-based daily care training. intervention time: 12-week. Outcome of the study: the quality of life of caregivers

Detailed Description

step1: web development and design

1. development of educational content (4 weeks)

2. Create a paper version of the site (2 weeks)

3. Create a web-based version of the site (4 weeks)

4. pilot study (6 weeks) step 2: RCT (12 weeks)

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Study Start: 2015-09
• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-07
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-10
• Primary Completion: 2016-01
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• caregiver_ Mother of a child with cerebral palsy who spent most time on child care Children with cerebral palsy aged 4 to 12 years old living in Alborz province that clinical diagnosis of cerebral palsy registered in their clinical records
• Moderate and severe cerebral palsy (gross motor function levels 3 to 5)
• caregiver have facilities and basic knowledge of using Internet (Declared access to the Internet at least one hour a week)

Exclusion Criteria

• taking care of two or more children with disability
• participated in previous training programs

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention	web-based daily care training	web-based daily care training 12 week interactive web based caring training education

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
quality of life of caregivers	3 months