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Resourcefulness Intervention With Parents of Technology-Dependent Children

NCT03301831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 93

Last updated 2021-10-25

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Summary

Technology-dependent children, those who live at home but rely on medical equipment such as mechanical ventilation or feeding tubes, require complex care for their chronic condition. Parents usually provide a majority of their care and are often overwhelmed by the caregiving demands resulting in deterioration of their own mental and physical health. The goal of this 2-arm (intervention vs. attention control) RCT is to test a cognitive-behavioral Resourcefulness Training intervention that includes teaching social (help-seeking) and personal (self-help) resourcefulness skills; ongoing access to video vignettes of caregivers of technology-dependent children describing resourcefulness skill application in daily life; 4 weeks of skills' reinforcement using daily journal writing; weekly phone calls for the first 4 weeks; and booster sessions at 2 and 4 months post enrollment. The intervention is proposed to improve these caregivers' mental and physical health outcomes and family functioning outcomes while they continue to provide vital care for these vulnerable children.

Conditions

  • Depressive Symptoms
  • Multiple Chronic Conditions
  • Family Caregivers

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Resourcefulness Training

Cognitive-behavioral intervention that includes personal and social resourcefulness skills.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Valerie A Toly, PhD · Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-05
Primary Completion
2019-12-09
Completion
2019-12-09

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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