Digital Support for Parents of Children in Child Health Care

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Official Title
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Digital Support for Parents of Children in Child Health Care - an Evaluation of an Intervention in Primary Health Care

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

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Intervention, digital support


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: * Swedish speaking parents with children (0-6 years) in Swedish child health care Exclusion Criteria: Parents who are registered at an address other than their child Parents younger than 16 years
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: prospective case/control intervention study
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Intervention, digital support<br>Parents are offered participation in a digital channel consisting of video consultations, parental support gruops and parental education. | Other: Intervention, digital support<br>* 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<br>|
| No Intervention: Control, usual care<br>Usual child health care. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parental Stress Scale | The scale consists of 17 questions graded from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates Do not agree at all and 5 is Agree completely. A total is calculated by adding all items together to obtain a score ranging from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of parental stress. | Parental stress at baseline | 
| Parental Stress Scale | The scale consists of 17 questions graded from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates Do not agree at all and 5 is Agree completely. A total is calculated by adding all items together to obtain a score ranging from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of parental stress. | Change Parental stress at 4 months | 
| Parental Stress Scale | The scale consists of 17 questions graded from 1 to 5, where 1 indicates Do not agree at all and 5 is Agree completely. A total is calculated by adding all items together to obtain a score ranging from 18 to 90, with higher scores indicating higher levels of parental stress. | Change Parental stress at 8 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eHealth Scale | The eHeals scale consists of 10 questions in five ratings where 1 is do not agree at all and 5 fully agree. Total scores of the eHEALS are summed to range from 8 to 40, with higher scores representing higher self-perceived eHealth literacy. | eHealth literacy at baseline | 
| eHealth Scale | The eHeals scale consists of 10 questions in five ratings where 1 is do not agree at all and 5 fully agree. Total scores of the eHEALS are summed to range from 8 to 40, with higher scores representing higher self-perceived eHealth literacy. | Increased eHealth literacy at 4 months | 
| eHealth Scale | The eHeals scale consists of 10 questions in five ratings where 1 is do not agree at all and 5 fully agree. Total scores of the eHEALS are summed to range from 8 to 40, with higher scores representing higher self-perceived eHealth literacy. | Increased eHealth literacy at 8 months |