Digital Support for Parents of Children in Child Health Care

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parenting; Health Care Seeking Behavior; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Nurse-Patient Relations; Children, Only
• Interventions: Other: Intervention, digital support

• Registration Number: NCT05256407
• Lead Sponsor: Umeå University

Brief Summary

Becoming a parent is a life-changing event that can be both gratifying and stressful. As a parent, one is responsible for another person, where there sometimes is a need for new information, knowledge, and advice to live up to the new requirements that a changing family situation requires. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a new digital channel in child health care for support of parents in child health care issues with particular focus on eHealth literacy and satisfaction with care. An intervention is planned to run over eight months and will be evaluated in an intervention- and control group (from another health care centre) at baseline, 4 months and at 8 months follow-up. Data includes interviews and questionnaires about parental stress and eHealth literacy as well as satisfaction with care. Data will be analysed with qualitative and statistical methods. Expected outcomes is reduced parental stress and increased satisfaction with child health care.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-16
• Study Start: 2021-12-01
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-25
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-25
• Primary Completion: 2022-12-31
• Study Completion: 2023-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

* Swedish speaking parents with children (0-6 years) in Swedish child health care

Exclusion Criteria

• Parents who are registered at an address other than their child
• Parents younger than 16 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention, digital support	Intervention, digital support	Parents are offered participation in a digital channel consisting of video consultations, parental support gruops and parental education.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental Stress Scale	Change Parental stress at 8 months	The scale consists of 17 questions graded from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates "Do not agree at all" and 5 is "Agree completely". A total is calculated by adding all items together to obtain a score ranging from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of parental stress.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eHealth Scale	Increased eHealth literacy at 8 months	The eHeals scale consists of 10 questions in five ratings where 1 is "do not agree at all" and 5 "fully agree". Total scores of the eHEALS are summed to range from 8 to 40, with higher scores representing higher self-perceived eHealth literacy.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Region Västernorrland; 🇸🇪 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden