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Digital Support for Parents of Children in Child Health Care

NCT05256407 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2022-02-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Becoming a parent is a life-changing event that can be both gratifying and stressful. As a parent, one is responsible for another person, where there sometimes is a need for new information, knowledge, and advice to live up to the new requirements that a changing family situation requires. The objective of this study is to develop and evaluate a new digital channel in child health care for support of parents in child health care issues with particular focus on eHealth literacy and satisfaction with care. An intervention is planned to run over eight months and will be evaluated in an intervention- and control group (from another health care centre) at baseline, 4 months and at 8 months follow-up. Data includes interviews and questionnaires about parental stress and eHealth literacy as well as satisfaction with care. Data will be analysed with qualitative and statistical methods. Expected outcomes is reduced parental stress and increased satisfaction with child health care.

Conditions

  • Parenting
  • Children, Only
  • Health Care Seeking Behavior
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Nurse-Patient Relations

Interventions

OTHER

Intervention, digital support

Internet based support of parents in child health care. Various options and choices includes parental education, digital meetings with child health nurse and peer groups

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Västernorrland County Council, Sweden

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Umeå University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2023-05-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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