Individual vs Cohort Long Distance Advising for Mental Care for Congenital Cataract Guardians

Cataract Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Individual and Cohort Long Distance Advising for Mental Care for Congenital Cataract Guardians

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03216655
• Other study ID #: CCPMOH2017-China-1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 11, 2017
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: April 2020
• Source: Sun Yat-sen University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Nowadays, doctors put mental health at a prior place and pay more attention to the psychological problems of ill kids' parents. In our research, we try to find a new modern and efficient psychological counseling mode to improve the mentality of parents and relieve their anxiety and depression. We divide guardians of parents into two groups .One group is given the traditional follow-up by regular phone call every month. The other is in a wechat group. A doctor send the useful information about kids care and answer questions of parents at regular time every month. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores of parents are marked before and after the long follow up.

Description:

Congenital cataract (CC) is the leading cause of reversible blindness during childhood, which appears at birth or during the first decade of life. Nowadays, doctors put mental health at a prior place and pay more attention to the psychological problems of ill kids' parents. In our research, we try to find a new modern and efficient psychological counseling mode to improve the mentality of parents and relieve their anxiety and depression. We divide guardians of parents into two groups .One group is given the traditional follow-up by regular phone call every month. The other is in a wechat group. A doctor send the useful information about kids care and answer questions of parents at regular time every month. The self-rating anxiety scale (SAS) and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores of parents are marked before and after the long follow up.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: August 20, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 30, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria: the guardians of kids who had a surgery for congenital cataract recently

Exclusion Criteria:

have other major life hit was diagnosed of anxiety and depression before

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cataract

Intervention

Other:
• phone call
Investigators give a regular follow-up to participants: phone call monthly
• wechat group
Investigators give a regular follow-up to participants: wechat follow up. Investigators send useful information and answer their questions monthly.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University	Guangzhou	Guangdong

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sun Yat-sen University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	similar effect	the SAS and SDS level are same in two groups	baseline
Primary	efficient effect	the SAS and SDS level are higher in traditional group	baseline
Primary	invalid effect	the SAS and SDS level are lower in traditional group	baseline