Early Group Based Parental Support Within Child Health Service - Group Leadership

Family Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

Early Group Based Parental Support Within Child Health Service - Group Leadership

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02494128
• Other study ID #: H152014/397
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 4, 2015
• Last updated: March 9, 2016
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2016
• Source: Lund University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Sweden: Regional Ethical Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

All parents in Sweden are offered group based parental support within Child Health Service (CHS) but only 40% participate. Nurses feel insecure in their group leadership and express a need for education in group leadership and group dynamics. Most CHC nurses do not have formal education or training in group leadership and the aim of this study was to evaluate a group based education program in group leadership for Child Health Care (CHC) nurses.

Description:

The study follows the guidelines for complex interventions (MRC) and was set up as a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluated with questionnaires before and after the intervention. Focus group interviews 6 months after the intervention will be performed with the CHC nurses participating in intervention group. 3 groups with 25 CHC nurses in each group are to participate in a three day education in group leadership and group processes. The education aims to provide knowledge and awareness about group dynamics, group processes and group leadership and also aims towards increased self-awareness in the role as group leader.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: March 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• working within child health service in Skåne, Sweden

• managing at least 2 parental groups/year

Exclusion Criteria:

• no parental groups

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Family Health

Intervention

Other:
• Education
Education in group leadership

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lund University	Region Skåne, Centre of Excellence for Child health care

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in experience of group leadership	Change in experience of group leadership will be measured by a previously used questionnaire (Wallby, T (2008) parental support un Sweden today - What, when and how. Swedish National Institute of Public Health. (Föräldrastöd i Sverige idag - Vad när hur?) and Lefevre et al, 2013. Managing parental groups during early childhood: New challenges faced by Swedish child health nurses. Journal of child health care).The questionnaire consists of 38 questions concerning structure, content and extent of parental groups as well as questions about group leadership and background characteristics. Analysis will be performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and will be presented in a descriptive way	2 weeks before and 6 months after the education	No
Primary	Relevance and experience of the education in group leadership	A course evaluation form previously used in educations with primary health care nurses will be completed after the intervention is completed, before leaving site. It consists of seven questions about the content and relevance of the course.Four questions were arranged with a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1 "poor" to 5 "excellent", and three questions were open-ended given the possibility to respond in free text.The numeric questions will be summarised and presented descriptive and the answers in text will be analysed by content analysis in a manifest way.	After completed intervention, intervention has an expected average duration of 12 weeks.	No
Primary	Change in experience of group leadership and relevance and experience of the education in group leadership	Change in experience of group leadership and relevance and experience of the education in group leadership will be explored in Focus group interviews with at least 3 focus groups. The interviews will be analysed by manifest and latent content analyses.	6 months after the education	No