Description Module
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:53 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 2:53 PM
NCT ID:
NCT03800459
Brief Summary:
Parents of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) experience high levels of stress and problems. Family empowerment interventions provide important support for many patients with CF and their families. However,there is a lack of research exploring the effects of such empowerment programs on coping, and Problem Solving among parents, and Quality of Life in Children with CF.
The present study aimed to assess the effect of a family empowerment program-based nursing intervention on parents coping with stress and problem solving, and quality of life children with CF.
Detailed Description:
Parents of children with cystic fibrosis (CF) experience high levels of stress and problems. Family empowerment interventions provide important support for many patients with CF and their families. However,there is a lack of research exploring the effects of such empowerment programs on coping, and Problem Solving among parents, and Quality of Life in Children with CF. The present study aimed to assess the effect of a family empowerment program-based nursing intervention on parents coping with stress and problem solving, and quality of life children with CF.
A single-blinded, parallel group pretest and posttest design randomized controlled trial was used.
Data were collected over 5 months (January 2017-May 2017) from 48 participants in a medical faculty hospital. They were randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 24) and control (n = 24) groups. Nursing interventions applied to the experimental group for ten weeks with the intent of strengthening families consist of; providing individualized training and booklet concerning disease management and providing phone calls and consultancy services for the purpose of reinforcing the training and increasing the motivation. A routine polyclinic follow-up was applied to the control group. Problem Solving Inventory (PSI), Scale of Ways of Coping with Stress (SWCS), and The Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire-Revised scale (CFQ-R) were used reliable and valid instruments. The data were evaluated using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test in evaluating dependent groups and the Mann-Whitney U test in independent groups.
Study:
NCT03800459
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03800459