FAM-SOTC Intervention for Families of Children With Chronic Illnesses

NCT03901027 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UIceland-12019EKS
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Purpose: A growing number of families with children are dealing with chronic illnesses or health problems that places increased demand on the family. Nurses are in a core position to support and empower these families. The benefit of therapeutic conversation between nurses and families dealing with health problems have shown positive results and therefore received increasing attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of two sessions of the Family Strength Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) intervention, offered by advanced practice nurses (APN), for parents of children and adolescents with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), epilepsy, diabetes, and with sleep disturbance with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Design: The effectiveness of the intervention was tested within a quasi-experimental study with one group pre- and-posttest design. Method: The intervention was based on the Calgary family assessment and intervention models and the Illness Beliefs model and was offered in March 2015--December 2016. Parents (N=31) at the Children's Hospital at the National University Hospital of Iceland, got two sessions of the FAM-SOTC intervention focusing on emotional support, evidence based information and recommendations and on the strengths of family members.

Conditions

Chronic Illnesses

Keywords

Parents; Children; Chronic Illnesses

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• The ICE-Perceived Family Support from nurses Questionnaire (14-Items) at baseline

  Has two factors: Cognitive (alpha=0.874) and emotional (alpha=0.937) support. Total alpha= 0.952. Has been reported to be both reliable and valid. The range of the scores is between 1-5. The total scale score range from 14-70, with higher score indicating better outcome.

  1 week

• The ICE-Perceived Family Support from nurses Questionnaire (14-Items)

  Has two factors: Cognitive (alpha=0.874) and emotional (alpha=0.937) support. Total alpha= 0.952. Has been reported to be both reliable and valid. The range of the scores is between 1-5. The total scale scores range from 14-70, with higher score indicating better outcome.

  8-10 weeks

• The ICE-Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (7-Items) at baseline

  I a one factor instrument regarding families illness beliefs. Alpha=0.789-0.910. The instrument has been reported to be both reliable and valid. The range of the scores is between 1-5. The total scale score range from 7-35, with higher score indicating better outcome.

  1 week

• The ICE-Family Illness Beliefs Questionnaire (7-Items)

  I a one factor instrument regarding families illness beliefs. Alpha=0.789-0.910. The instrument has been reported to be both reliable and valid. The range of the scores is between 1-5.

  8-10 weeks The total scale score range from 7-35, with higher score indicating better outcome.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• the PedsQL-Family Impact Module (36-item) at baseline

  1 week

• the PedsQL-Family Impact Module (36-item)

  8-10 weeks

• The PedsQL-Healthcare Satisfaction Generic Module (24-items) at baseline

  1 week

• The PedsQL-Healthcare Satisfaction Generic Module (24-items)

  8-10 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Parents of children with chronic illnesses

EXPERIMENTAL

psycho-educational intervention for parents

Behavioral: Therapeutic Conversation Interventions

Interventions

Therapeutic Conversation Interventions BEHAVIORAL

Parents (N=31) at the Children's Hospital at the National University Hospital of Iceland, got two sessions of the FAM-SOTC intervention focusing on emotional support, evidence based information and recommendations and on the strengths of family members. The parents meet with the Advanced Practice Nurse at the Children´s Hospital without the child in both sessions, but each session lasted for 45 to 90 minutes. The sessions were offered with 4-8 weeks interval.

Parents of children with chronic illnesses

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a parents of children/adolescents with diabetes, arthritis, epilepsy or sleeping disorder with ADHD who were in active treatment at a University Hospital.
• Parents needed to be fluent in the Icelandic language.

You may not qualify if:

• Parents who did not understand Icelandic or English.
• Parents who could not read or write at the 4th grade level.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Iceland: lead
• Landspitali University Hospital: collaborator

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Disease Attributes; Pathologic Processes; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Ása Þórisdóttir

  University of Iceland

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: The effectiveness of the intervention was tested within a quasi-experimental study with one group pre- and-posttest design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 20, 2019
• First Posted: April 3, 2019
• Study Start: March 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2016
• Study Completion: December 31, 2016
• Last Updated: April 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share