Efficacy of the Take a Breath Parent Program: A Randomised Controlled Trial for parents of children with a serious childhood illness/injury.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: psychosocial distress; posttraumatic stress symptoms; depression; anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour

• Registration Number: ACTRN12611000090910
• Lead Sponsor: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2011-01-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

Parents are included if: they are the parent of a child aged zero to 19 years who has a first presentation of a serious childhood illness/injury (cardiac disease requiring surgery within the first month of the child's life, any form of cancer, a stay in paediatric intensive care unit for a minimum of 48 hours, a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury), have an active parenting role, able to comply with study intervention and assessment protocols and are deemed eligible to participate in the efficacy trial of the parent programs based on the study screening procedure.

Exclusion Criteria

Parents: Have experienced another major trauma (e.g., death of spouse, partner or loved one in the two month's prior to child's diagnosis), do not have current access to child, have limited spoken English or literacy, and the child is not expected to live longer than six months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified