COVID-19 Pandemic and Parents of Disabled Children

NCT04525742 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 105
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 309
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

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

Keywords

cerebral palsy; COVID-19; pandemic; disability

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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 Outcomes (1)

• The Fear of COVID-19 Scale

  4 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Parents who have a disabled child or children

OTHER

Parents having disabled child or children will be included in the research and it will be wanted to complete the survey questionary

Other: Difficulties lived by disabled children's parents in the period of COVID-19 pandemic

Interventions

Difficulties lived by disabled children's parents in the period of COVID-19 pandemic OTHER

It will be a cross sectional study to obtain the information on difficulties lived by disabled children's parents during recent pandemic period

Parents who have a disabled child or children

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

• 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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Health Science University Gaziosmanpasa Training and Research Hospital

Istanbul, Gaziosmanpasa, 34255, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related 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. 2022;20(3):1537-1545. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00270-8. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

  PMID: 32226353 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19; Cerebral Palsy; Muscular Dystrophies

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Muscular Disorders, Atrophic; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Study Officials

• Resa Aydin, Professor

  İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Evrim Karadağ Saygı, Professor

  Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Özden Özyemisçi Taşkıran, Professor

  Koc University Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Nalan Çapan, Professor

  İstanbul University İstanbul Faculty of Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ebru Yilmaz Yalçınkaya, Professor

  Health Science University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: No masking will be done
• Purpose: SCREENING
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical Doctor

Model Details: One study group will be researched- only disabled children's parents, in one arm -way

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 28, 2020
• First Posted: August 25, 2020
• Study Start: July 5, 2020
• Primary Completion: August 30, 2020
• Study Completion: September 15, 2020
• Last Updated: November 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: Research is planned to bu conducted between June 15 th and July 15 th 2020. After 15 th of July in 1 week coming statistical analysis will be finished and than in 3 weeks article will be written
• Access Criteria: In necessary cases colleced data from the research will be shared with the local ethical committe

Locations

TU (1)