Covid-19 Pandemic and Cerebral Palsy

NCT04686565 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: CP-covid
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Investigator aimed to analyzed the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on the physical-psychosocial and cognitive state of the children, to benefit form the health, education services and the caregiver's quality of life with telemedicine.

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy; Covid19; Telemedicine; Caregiver Quality of Life; Disability, Developmental

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• The status of the child to benefit from health-education services

  With the 14-question questionnaire prepared by the authors, the reasons such as whether there is a disruption in the control of the patients, the reason for the flow, the use of oral medications, the use of orthoses, the application of botulinum toxin, if they are applied, the development of side effects, and the obstacle to distance education will be questioned.

  10 seconds

• Physical-psychosocial and cognitive state of the child

  With five questions prepared by the investigators themselves, primary caregivers will be asked to evaluate their children's disease status, mobility level, spasticity, range of motion, communication and emotional state as better, the same or worse compared to the pre-pandemic period.

  10 seconds

• Caregivers' quality of life

  The quality of life of the primary caregivers of the patients during the Covid-19 period will be evaluated with the Short Form-12 using the phone and compared with the results recorded in their pre-pandemic files. It is an abbreviation of 12 questions of the 8-item, 36-question short form -36 developed to evaluate the positive and negative aspects of the health status. Patients are asked to be evaluated considering the last four weeks. The total score ranges from 0 to 100 and higher scores indicate better quality of life

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• the Covid-19 fear levels of Caregivers

  Fear of Covid-19 scale is being used to evaluated the Covid-19 fear levels of Caregivers by telephone.It is a 7-question questionnaire evaluating the fear associated with covid-19, which is evaluated with a five-item Likert scale. The lowest score is 7, the highest score is 35. As the score increases, the level of fear due to Covid-19 increases. Turkish validity and reliability has been made.

  10 seconds

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients between the ages of 3-18 who are followed up with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy in our clinic and their primary caregivers will be included

You may qualify if:

• Patients' ages between 3-18 years
• Caregiver of Patients diagnosed as Cerebral palsy
• Patients with routine follow-ups in our clinic
• Caregivers can be reach by phone

You may not qualify if:

• Patients' ages under 3 and over 18 years
• Caregivers cannot be reach by phone
• Caregivers without quality of life results for the pre-pandemic period

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Diskapi Education and Research Hospital

Ankara, Altındag, 06300, Turkey (Türkiye)

RECRUITING

Related Publications (3)

• Ben-Pazi H, Beni-Adani L, Lamdan R. Accelerating Telemedicine for Cerebral Palsy During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond. Front Neurol. 2020 Jun 26;11:746. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.00746. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32670193 BACKGROUND

• Cacioppo M, Bouvier S, Bailly R, Houx L, Lempereur M, Mensah-Gourmel J, Kandalaft C, Varengue R, Chatelin A, Vagnoni J, Vuillerot C, Gautheron V, Dinomais M, Dheilly E, Brochard S, Pons C; ECHO Group. Emerging health challenges for children with physical disabilities and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The ECHO French survey. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 May;64(3):101429. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Aug 18.

  PMID: 32818674 BACKGROUND

• Satici B, Gocet-Tekin E, Deniz ME, Satici SA. Adaptation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Its Association with Psychological Distress and Life Satisfaction in Turkey. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2021;19(6):1980-1988. doi: 10.1007/s11469-020-00294-0. Epub 2020 May 8.

  PMID: 32395095 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cerebral Palsy; COVID-19; Developmental Disabilities

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Damla Cankurtaran, MD

  Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ece uNLU aKYUZ, Assoc Prof.

  Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Nihal Tezel, MD

  Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Damla Cankurtaran, MD

CONTACT

+905054558101; damlacengizftr@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Medical doctor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 23, 2020
• First Posted: December 28, 2020
• Study Start: February 15, 2020
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2021
• Study Completion: February 28, 2021
• Last Updated: February 3, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)