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FAM-SOTC Intervention for Families of Children With Chronic Illnesses

NCT03901027 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 31

Last updated 2019-04-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Purpose: A growing number of families with children are dealing with chronic illnesses or health problems that places increased demand on the family. Nurses are in a core position to support and empower these families. The benefit of therapeutic conversation between nurses and families dealing with health problems have shown positive results and therefore received increasing attention. The aim of this study was to evaluate the benefits of two sessions of the Family Strength Oriented Therapeutic Conversation (FAM-SOTC) intervention, offered by advanced practice nurses (APN), for parents of children and adolescents with Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), epilepsy, diabetes, and with sleep disturbance with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Design: The effectiveness of the intervention was tested within a quasi-experimental study with one group pre- and-posttest design.

Method: The intervention was based on the Calgary family assessment and intervention models and the Illness Beliefs model and was offered in March 2015--December 2016. Parents (N=31) at the Children's Hospital at the National University Hospital of Iceland, got two sessions of the FAM-SOTC intervention focusing on emotional support, evidence based information and recommendations and on the strengths of family members.

Conditions

  • Chronic Illnesses

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Therapeutic Conversation Interventions

Parents (N=31) at the Children's Hospital at the National University Hospital of Iceland, got two sessions of the FAM-SOTC intervention focusing on emotional support, evidence based information and recommendations and on the strengths of family members. The parents meet with the Advanced Practice Nurse at the Children´s Hospital without the child in both sessions, but each session lasted for 45 to 90 minutes. The sessions were offered with 4-8 weeks interval.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Landspitali University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Iceland

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ása Þórisdóttir · University of Iceland

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-01
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

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