NCT02494128

Brief 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.

Trial Health

100
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Enrollment
56

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2014

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2014

Completed
8 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

May 4, 2015

Completed
2 months until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

July 10, 2015

Completed
8 months until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

March 1, 2016

Completed
Same day until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

March 1, 2016

Completed
Last Updated

March 10, 2016

Status Verified

March 1, 2016

Enrollment Period

1.5 years

First QC Date

May 4, 2015

Last Update Submit

March 9, 2016

Conditions

Family Health

Keywords

Child health serviceFamily healthNurseEducationParental groupGroup leadershipHealth promotion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Education in group leadership

Other: Education

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

This group fills in the questionnaire. No intervention given.

Interventions

EducationOTHER

Education in group leadership

Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

Sexall
Healthy VolunteersYes
Age GroupsChild (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • working within child health service in Skåne, Sweden
  • managing at least 2 parental groups/year

You may not qualify if:

  • no parental groups

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (2)

  • Silva JAM, Mininel VA, Fernandes Agreli H, Peduzzi M, Harrison R, Xyrichis A. Collective leadership to improve professional practice, healthcare outcomes and staff well-being. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Oct 10;10(10):CD013850. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013850.pub2.

    PMID: 36214207DERIVED

  • Lefevre A, Lundqvist P, Drevenhorn E, Hallstrom I. "From resistance to challenge": child health service nurses experiences of how a course in group leadership affected their management of parental groups. BMC Nurs. 2017 Dec 2;16:73. doi: 10.1186/s12912-017-0267-6. eCollection 2017.

    PMID: 29213213DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Educational Status

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Socioeconomic FactorsPopulation Characteristics

Study Officials

  • Inger Hallström, Professor

    Child, family and reproductive health, University Lund

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

May 4, 2015

First Posted

July 10, 2015

Study Start

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion

March 1, 2016

Study Completion

March 1, 2016

Last Updated

March 10, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-03

Data Sharing

IPD Sharing
Will share

Two articles will be published presenting the results.