Evaluation of the Effects of Passive Smoking and Parental Stress on Challenging Behaviors in Mentally Retarded Children With Urine Cotinine Levels

• Conditions: Smoking Behavior; Special Needs Child

• Registration Number: NCT06691022
• Lead Sponsor: Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University

Brief Summary

This research was planned to determine the effect of environmental cigarette smoke exposure and parenting stress level on the severity of challenging behaviors in mentally disabled children

Detailed Description

This research was planned to determine the effect of environmental cigarette smoke exposure and parenting stress level on the severity of challenging behaviors in mentally disabled children

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-11-23
• Primary Completion: 2024-04-01
• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-11-13
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-15
• Last Update Posted: 2024-11-15
• Study Completion: 2025-09-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Children aged 5-10 with mental disabilities
• Parents' ability to speak and understand Turkish
• Parents' willingness to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

Children who do not match the age group and do not meet the inclusion criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Child's Challenging Behaviour Scale 2 (CCBS-2)	1 years	face to face
parent stress scaleparent stress scale parent stress scale Parent's Stress Scale	1 years	Face to face
cotinin in urine	1 years	urine analysis
sociodemographic questionnaire	1 years	face to face

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

TURKEY; 🇹🇷 Tokat, Turkey