A clinical trial to study the effect of a psychological treatment on the mothers explanations about the cause of intellectual disability in children and adolescents.

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Healthy primary care-givers of children with Intellectual Disability

• Registration Number: CTRI/2014/11/005179
• Lead Sponsor: Christian Medical College

Brief Summary

This is a randomized control trial to study the effect of a structured psychosocial intervention on the primary caregivers of children with intellectual disability ,who are enrolled in a 12 week parent training program.The primary outcome measure will be the primary caregivers explanatory  models .The secondary outcomes will be the primary caregivers spiritual beliefs ,family stress and child’s behavior problems.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01-28
• Last Update Posted: 2014-05-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Closed to Recruitment of Participants
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary caregiver defined as a biological mother of children with intellectual disability between 2 to 18 years and enrolled in the parent training program.
• Intellectual disability defined as IQ below 70 as assessed on any standardized test of intelligence.

Exclusion Criteria

• Psychiatric morbidity in primary caregiver.
• Severe sensory impairments or psychiatric problem in child.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Explanatory model: mean score	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Family stress:mean score	Beliefs and values:mean score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry unit , Department of Psychiatry,; 🇮🇳 Vellore, TAMIL NADU, India

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry unit , Department of Psychiatry,

🇮🇳Vellore, TAMIL NADU, India

Sushila Russell nee Edwardraj

Principal investigator

9443623638

sushila.russell@cmcvellore.ac.in