Childhood Chronic Illness: An Educational Program for Parents of Children With On-Going Health Care Needs

Chronic Illness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Building on Family Strengths: An Educational Program for Parents of Children With On-Going Health Care Needs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00194584
• Other study ID #: 04-0564-01
• Secondary ID: 1R01HS013384-04
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 13, 2005
• Last updated: September 25, 2008
• Start date: October 2004
• Est. completion date: February 2007

Study information

• Verified date: September 2008
• Source: University of Washington
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The long-term goal of this research is to strengthen parents' abilities to manage the complexities of childhood chronic illness. To achieve this goal, the team of parents, health care professionals, and researchers proposes the following specific aim:

• Develop, implement, and test a unique psycho-educational program, Living with Childhood Chronic Illness (the Program), for effectiveness with parents of children who have chronic illnesses.

The investigators propose the following hypotheses:

At both 6 and 12 month follow-up points, parents taking part in the intervention, in contrast to control parents, will have:

1. Greater perceived self-efficacy regarding their ability to manage the child's chronic condition;

2. Greater parental ability to involve their child in shared management activities;

3. Greater parental ability to cope at 6 and 12 months following the end of the intervention;

4. Greater emotional health; and

5. Greater parental perceived family quality of life.

Description:

Parents will enroll in the study by contacting the study number: 206-987-1000 or by sending an email message to family.strengths@seattlechildrens.org. They will complete a survey taking no more than 60 minutes. Parents will then be randomized to either take the class immediately or be in the control group which can take the class in 12 months. At the end of 6 and 12 months all the participants again take the survey.

Classes are 7 weeks in length, 2 hours each and are offered at various locations throughout the Greater Seattle area.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 129
• Est. completion date: February 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Child 2-11 years of age, with diagnosed chronic illness

• Parent at least 18 years of age, able to speak and read English at 4th grade level and able to attend a 7 week two-hour class program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Child in active hospice treatment

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Chronic Illness

Intervention

Behavioral:
• 7 week Building on Family Strengths Program
Parents in intervention group attend a 2 hr class for seven weeks. These classes provide information, time for discussion and creation of an action plan for the parent to complete in the intervening week.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Washington	Seattle Children's Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	depressive symptoms		6, and 12 months	No
Secondary	self-efficacy		6 and 12 months	No
Secondary	parent-child shared management		6, and 12 months	No
Secondary	coping		6, and 12 months	No
Secondary	quality of life		6, and 12 months	No