Individualized assessment-based interventions for reducing respiratory hospital admissions in children with cerebral palsy: A feasibility randomized controlled trial

Telethon Kids Institute0 个研究点目标入组 20 人开始时间: 2020年2月7日最近更新: 2022年1月24日

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•Cerebral palsy,
•0 to 12 years of age inclusive, and
•at risk of respiratory hospitalization, as determined by the respiratory risk checklist developed by our research team from our 5-year prospective cohort design.
•The respiratory risk checklist is a 19-item tool. It contains questions about the child’s frequency of respiratory symptoms, medical attention for respiratory illnesses in the previous year, method of nutritional intake, and presence of co-morbidities. All questions require only a tick in a box. The checklist is easily completed within 5 minutes.
•The intervention is for children with CP at risk of at risk of respiratory hospitalizations. During the trial, some data regarding the children will be provided by the parents and clinicians of these children.

•On continuous home oxygen.
•On ventilatory support (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)/non-invasive ventilation).
•Tracheostomy.
•Enrolled in paediatric palliative care programme with restrictions or guidelines about active management other than end-of-life care.
•Living outside the metropolitan area.
•Family requires a professional translator or interpreter to participate in the trial.
•There are concerns that the home environment may not safe for clinicians to conduct the intervention.

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