COVID-19 Pandemic and Parents of Disabled Children

COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

COVID-19 Pandemic From the Perspective of Parents of Disabled Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04525742
• Other study ID #: 105
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 5, 2020
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: October 2020
• Source: Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Research and Education Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pandemic period could affect the disabled children's rehabilitation and follow-up negatively because of preventive measures and this could create adverse results on their parents. In this research, it is aimed to determine the positive and negative effects of pandemic on parents and disabled children and to provide an insight for future solutions.

Description:

To determine the effect of COVID-19 pandemic and the possible difficulties experienced by the parents of disabled children, a questionnaire was prepared. It takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete the survey. Questionnaire is loaded to qualtrics program and sent to the families by e-mail or social media accounts.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 309
• Est. completion date: September 15, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: August 30, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having disabled child/children
• Having ability and facility to use internet
• Having ability to read and write
• Having enough cognitive capacity to answer the questionnaire
• To accept to participate the research

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not having disabled child/children
• Not having ability and facility to use internet
• Not having ability to read and write
• Not having enough cognitive capacity to answer the questionnaire
• Not to accept to participate the research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cerebral Palsy
• COVID-19
• Disabilities Multiple
• Muscular Dystrophies

Intervention

Other:
• Difficulties lived by disabled children's parents in the period of COVID-19 pandemic
It will be a cross sectional study to obtain the information on difficulties lived by disabled children's parents during recent pandemic period

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Health Science University Gaziosmanpasa Training and Research Hospital	Istanbul	Gaziosmanpasa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gaziosmanpasa Taksim Research and Education Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (1)

Ahorsu DK, Lin CY, Imani V, Saffari M, Griffiths MD, Pakpour AH. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Development and Initial Validation. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2020 Mar 27:1-9. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. [Epub ahead of print] — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	A questionnaire that we created will be used to determine the difficulties experienced by disabled children's parents during Covid 19 pandemic related to their medical follow-up	Difficulties related to rehabilitation facilities, other medical conditions or ortosis could increase because of Covid 19 pandemic unique conditions	4 weeks
Secondary	The Fear of COVID-19 Scale	The Fear of COVID-19 Scale, a seven-item scale, has robust psychometric properties. It is reliable and valid in assessing fear of COVID-19 among the general population and will also be useful in allaying COVID-19 fears among individuals. Score is minimum 7 pointts and maximum 35 points.	4 weeks