Empowering Parental Caregivers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Caregivers
• Interventions: Behavioral: web-based group problem solving and coping training

• Registration Number: NCT06173700
• Lead Sponsor: Duquesne University

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial was to learn about the feasibility and pilot outcome measures in caregivers of children with spinal cord injury who completed a 7-week problem-solving training web-based group. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the feasibility of a seven-week, occupational therapist-facilitated, web-based support group with problem-solving training for parental caregivers of children with SCI?

Participants participated 1 time a week for seven weeks in a web-based group group:

* learning about the FOCUS problem-solving model

* applying positive coping and problem-solving strategies to current issues.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-06-06
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-25
• Study Completion: 2023-08-09
• Status Verified: 2023-11
• Study First Submitted: 2023-11-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-12-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-07
• Study First Posted: 2023-12-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5

Inclusion Criteria

• one must be a parent or guardian of a child with a spinal cord injury or disorder, be that child's primary caregiver, and be 18 years or older.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single Group Intervention	web-based group problem solving and coping training	7-week web-based group with problem solving training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire	Before the group began 7 weeks after start of group	The Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire is a brief, 18-question self-assessment that asks respondents to consider the impact of caregiving on their stress levels, physical body, and mental health (American Society for Geriatrics, 2015).
Brief COPE	Before the group began, 7 weeks after start of group	The Brief COPE is a 28-item self-report measure that determines the participants' styles of coping (Carver,1997).
Knowledge Check	Before the group began 7 weeks after start of group	The Knowledge Check was a measure developed by the research team with guidance from Obst and Porter's guide for school personnel (n.d.). The research team generated the items around three themes: general SCI knowledge, FOCUS problem-solving skills, and coping knowledge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Attendance	across the 7 weeks of the group	number of sessions attended
Client Satisfaction Questionnaire-8 (CSQ-8)	at the end of the 7 weeks	The CSQ-8 is an eight-item standardized questionnaire that aims to understand the participants' general satisfaction with the sessions, developed by Attkisson \& Greenfield (2004). It is a highly effective tool to measure client satisfaction with program contents and has high internal consistency (Attkisson \& Greenfield, 2004).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

United Spinal Association; 🇺🇸 Washington, District of Columbia, United States