Effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy on Mental Wellbeing Among Caregivers of Cerebral Palsy Children

NCT05613595 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 60-FSS/PHDPSY/F18
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Central idea of the proposed research proposal is first to translate adapt and validate the Caregiver Difficulties Scale \& Positive Psychotherapy sessions based manual into Urdu language then secondly, assessment of burnout, burden, depression, mental wellbeing, sense of coherence and social support among caregivers of Cerebral palsy children and finally measuring the effectiveness of Positive Psychotherapy for treating mental health issues of caregivers of Cerebral Palsy children. This research proposal will provide an Urdu language based standardized positive psycho therapeutic based intervention to mental health practitioners for treating mental health issues of caregivers of cerebral palsy children in sociocultural context of Pakistan. In Pakistan earlier conducted researches mainly focused on assessment of mental health issues of caregivers of cerebral palsy children, however present research will not only assess the sample regarding their mental health issues, but in addition it will also contribute in provision of psychometrically sound Urdu language based positive Psychotherapy. Positive Psychotherapy focuses on positive emotions and personal strengths instead of ruminating over weaknesses.

Conditions

Caregiver Burden; Mental Health Issue; Cerebral Palsy

Keywords

Positive psychotherapy; Sense of Coherence; Social support

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Change in Parental Burnout Assessment

  a 23- item self-report questionnaire for assessment of Burn Out

  baseline and 8th week

• Change in Depression Anxiety Stress Scale

  DASS is a self-report 21 items based questionnaire designed to measure depression, anxiety and stress

  baseline and 8th week

• Change in Caregiver Difficulties Scale

  a self-administered questionnaire measure the caregiver burden

  baseline and 8th week

• Change in Sense of Coherence

  Measured by the orientation of life scale, It contains 13 items

  baseline and 8th week

• Change in wellbeing Positive Psychotherapy Inventory

  self-report inventory having 25 items.it assess level of mental wellbeing,

  baseline and 8th week

• Change Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

  Social support is measured across three domains; friends, family and significant others. The responses reflect participant's perception of support from each of these three sources

  baseline and 8th week

Study Arms (2)

Positive Psychotherapy Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

In this phase of the study, the caregivers of CP having moderate to high scores on mental health issues on three scales (Depression, Burnout \& Caregiver burden) will receive positive Psychotherapy sessions for a period of four months, divided over different weekly sessions. For Psychotherapy treatment group participants will be given both counseling as well as Positive psychotherapy based interventions. . Each session will be based upon individual session and duration of the session will be 40 minutes. Before starting every session feedback will be taken about the previous session and home based assignments will also be discussed

Behavioral: Positive Psychotherapy

Counseling Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

10 participants will be included in in control group (N=10), for control group caregivers will be given regular counseling as a part of treatment of their child (psychoeducation). Each session will be based upon individual session and duration of the session will be 40 minutes.

Behavioral: Counseling Group

Interventions

Positive Psychotherapy BEHAVIORAL

Positive Psychotherapy is an effective treatment for many mental disorders and depression is primary empirical target. Its primary goal is to build positive emotion, engagement, and meaning in life that will alleviate depression and other mental health disorders. Thus PPT may offer a new way to treat and prevent mental health issues. Interventions sessions included, Session Records Session One: Positive Introduction and Gratitude Journal Session Two: Character Strengths and Signature Strengths Session Three: Practical Wisdom , Session Four: A Better Version of Me , Session Five: Open and Closed Memories, Session Six: Forgiveness Session Seven: Maximizing versus Satisficing, Session Eight: Gratitude ,Session Nine: Hope and Optimism, Session Ten: Posttraumatic Growth, Session Eleven: Slowness and Savoring, Session Twelve: Positive Relationships, Session Thirteen: Positive Communication, Session Fourteen: Altruism , Session Fifteen: Meaning and Purpose

Positive Psychotherapy Group

Counseling Group BEHAVIORAL

Caregivers in control group only regular counseling will be provided (psychoeducation). it will be based upon the insight of cerebral palsy and training based on Adaptive skill functioning of the CP child of the caregivers

Counseling Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Only those participants will be included who would have moderate to high score on caregiver burden, depression \& burnout and lower score in wellbeing, social support \& sense of coherence.
• Interventions will be given to the caregivers having moderate level of burnout \& depression.
• Caregiver will be someone who takes the primary responsibility for caregiving a child with CP.
• Only caregivers of Diagnosed CP child
• Caregivers having only 1 CP child in the family
• Educational status of the care giver will be matric and above.

You may not qualify if:

• More than 1 CP child in the family
• Caregivers who are Uneducated will not be added in the present study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Islamic University, Islamabad: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine

Islamabad, Pakistan

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Caregiver Burden; Cerebral Palsy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Brain Damage, Chronic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Study Officials

• Rabia Mushtaq, PhD

  International Islamic University, Islamabad

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Saima Waqar, PhD

CONTACT

00923334771117; samiwaqar23@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: Present study will be conducted on caregivers of Cerebral palsy children. It will be conducted in four phases. In phase I, Urdu translation \& adaptation of Caregiver Difficulties Scale (CDS) and Positive Psychotherapy (PPT) manual will be done. .

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2022
• First Posted: November 14, 2022
• Study Start: November 11, 2021
• Primary Completion: January 12, 2023
• Study Completion: August 31, 2023
• Last Updated: November 14, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)