Home Accidents Training For Parents of CWSN

NCT06839196 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: GAP-2024-001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The main objective of this project is to raise awareness and equip parents of children with special needs with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent home accidents through virtual reality applications. Additionally, the project aims to provide parents with basic first aid training and transfer training to ensure appropriate responses in the event of an accident. It also seeks to assess the balance status of children with special needs and to identify potential fall-related risks that may lead to home accidents. The primary research questions this project aims to address are as follows:

• What is the level of awareness among parents of children with special needs regarding home accidents?
• What is the effect of virtual reality simulation on parental awareness of home accident risks?
• How does first aid training influence parents' ability to respond to home accidents?
• What is the impact of transfer training on parents' preparedness for home accident scenarios?
• What are the balance and gait levels of children with special needs, and how might these relate to fall risk at home?

Conditions

Accident at Home; Virtual Reality

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Awareness of home accidents

  The Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs, a 28-item form developed by the researchers, will be administered twice: once before and once after the VR training program.

  2 days

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Balance

  1 day

• Balance

  1 day

• Balance

  1 day

• Gait

  1 day

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

As part of the eligibility process, participants will complete the System Usability Scale, a Likert-type questionnaire, once at the beginning of the study. Only individuals scoring in the A+ category (96th-100th percentile) will be included in the intervention phase.

Other: VR and first aid training

Interventions

VR and first aid training OTHER

Intervention Stages: Stage 1: Descriptive Information Form and the Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs will be administered to the parents as pre-tests. Stage 2: A total of 100 parents will participate in the virtual reality simulation scenarios, organized into four separate groups of 25 for implementation. Stage 3: Balance assessments for children will be conducted using the Children's Balance Assessment Form, the Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment, and the Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board. Stage 4: Each group of 25 participants will receive hands-on training at three different stations focusing on basic first aid and home accidents, delivered by nurses, and transfer training provided by physiotherapists. Stage 5: Post-tests will be administered to the parents using the Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Being able to understand and speak Turkish
• Being a parent of a child with special needs
• Having a child registered at a Barrier-Free Life Application and Research Center
• Scoring in the A+ category on the System Usability Scale, with a percentile rank between 96 and 100
• Volunteering to participate in the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medipol University: lead
• İstanbul Topkapı University: collaborator
• Kocaeli University: collaborator

Related Publications (1)

• Ertunc Gulcelik G, Ortabag T, Yilmaz S, Sever E, Eryigit T. Virtual reality-based home accident control simulation combined with first aid training to enhance awareness in parents of children with special needs: protocol for a single-group pre-post quasi-experimental study. BMJ Open. 2025 Oct 20;15(10):e105338. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105338.

  PMID: 41120168 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Tülay Ortabağ, Prof.

  İstanbul Topkapı University

  STUDY CHAIR

• Gönül Ertunç Gülçelik, Asst. Prof.

  Kocaeli University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Ebru Sever, M.Sc.

  Kocaeli University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Tuba Eryiğit, M.Sc.

  İstanbul Topkapı University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Sıla Yılmaz, M.Sc.

  İstanbul Medipol University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sıla Yılmaz

CONTACT

+90 444 85 44; yilmazsila18@gmail.com

Ebru Sever

CONTACT

fztebrusever@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 28, 2025
• First Posted: February 21, 2025
• Study Start: June 20, 2025
• Primary Completion: September 20, 2025
• Study Completion: December 20, 2025
• Last Updated: May 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-04