The Effect of Home Accidents Prevention Training Given to Mothers of Mentally Disabled Children
- Conditions
- Mental DisabilityMothersHome Injury
- Interventions
- Other: Home Accidents Prevention TrainingOther: Control Group
- Registration Number
- NCT06633549
- Lead Sponsor
- Maltepe University
- Brief Summary
The aim of this research is to examine the effect of education for home accidents given to mothers with mentally disabled children in the age group of 0-6.
- Detailed Description
This study was conducted to examine the effects of education on home accidents given to mothers of mentally disabled children aged 0-6. The sample of the study consisted of 83 mothers of mentally disabled children aged 0-6 registered in four special education centers in Kocaeli province between May 2023 and June 2024 (education group: 40 mothers; control group: 43 mothers). Research data were collected using the Information Form and the Scale for Diagnosing Mothers' Safety Precautions for Home Accidents in 0-6 Year Old Children. The mothers in the education and control groups were informed about the study, their written consent was obtained, and they were asked to fill out information forms. The mothers in the education group were given a single, 45-minute face-to-face education on preventing home accidents. The Mothers' Safety Measures for Home Accidents in Children aged 0-6 were administered the Scale before and one month after the training. The mothers in the control group did not receive any training; the Scale for Identifying Mothers' Safety Precautions for Home Accidents in Children Aged 0-6 was administered during the first interview and again one month later.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 83
- Mothers with mentally disabled children aged 0-6
- Mothers who agree to participate in the research
- Mothers who agree to be contacted after 1 month for the post-test
- Mothers who know and speak Turkish at the native level
- Mothers with mentally disabled children over the age of 6
- Mothers who do not agree to participate in the study
- Mothers who do not agree to be contacted after 1 month for the post-test
- Mothers with mental disabilities
- Mothers who do not know or speak Turkish at the native level
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Education Group Home Accidents Prevention Training Education Control Group Control Group Control
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The Scale for Diagnosing the Safety Measures of the Mother for Household Accidents in Children Aged 0-6 Before the training and one month after the training. The scale developed by Çınar and colleagues evaluates the safety precautions taken by mothers of children aged 0-6 to protect their children from home accidents (burns, falls, poisoning, sharp-edged injuries, foreign object aspiration, drowning, electric shocks). The Scale for Identifying Mothers' Safety Precautions for Home Accidents in Children Aged 0-6 consists of a total of 40 items, with 34 positive and 6 negative statements. Each item is scored between 1-5 on the five-point Likert-type scale. While the items containing positive statements always receive 5 points, often 4 points, sometimes 3 points, rarely 2 points, and never 1 point, the items containing negative statements receive 6, 9, 23, 26, 30, and 40 never 5 points, rarely 4 points, sometimes 3 points, often 2 points, and always 1 point. The minimum score of the scale is 40 and the maximum score is 200. The Croncbach alpha internal consistency coefficient value is 0.82.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Maltepe University
🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey