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Caring for Caregivers: Supporting Caregivers of Youth With Spinal Cord Injury

NCT02083601 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 53

Last updated 2018-04-24

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Summary

The current study will implement and evaluate a multi-component, psychoeducational intervention for caregivers of children with spinal cord injury (SCI) ages 7-12. Two hypotheses will be tested. First, caregivers who participate in the intervention group will demonstrate better outcomes than caregivers in the control group. Second, children with SCI whose caregivers participate in the intervention group will demonstrate better outcomes than children with SCI whose caregivers participate in the control group.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injuries

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Forum

In-person psychoeducational workshop that provides education (including problem-solving training) and psychological/peer support for caregivers of youth with SCI.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychological support

Outreach from a mental health professional in the form of monthly phone calls for 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Erin Hayes Kelly, PhD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Erin H Kelly, PhD · Shriners Hospitals for Children

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-04-30
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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