Coaching for Caregivers of Children With Spinal Cord Injury

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This pilot study has two aims. The first aim is to establish the feasibility of coaching for caregivers of youth with spinal cord injury, and the second aim is to establish methodological procedures for a future multi-center study on the effectiveness of coaching as an intervention for caregivers of youth with spinal cord injury.

Detailed Description
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This study addresses the unmet needs of female primary informal caregivers of youth with spinal cord injury. A one-group pre-post treatment design will be used. Consented caregivers will receive coaching via face-to-face or via the phone. Each caregiver will participate in up to 10 coaching sessions. Each coaching session will last up to 90 minutes. Coaching sessions will be audiorecorded and transcribed verbatim. Outcomes of coaching on caregivers' self-identified goals will be assessed using the Canadian Occupational Performance Measure.

Official Title
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Coaching in Context for Caregivers of Children With Spinal Cord Injury

Conditions
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Spinal Cord Injuries

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: strength based coaching


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: female primary caregiver of youth between 6-13 years of age with traumatic spinal cord injury female primary caregivers have legal guardianship of their child with spinal cord injury speak, read and comprehend English be available for face-to-face coaching have a cell phone with text messaging capabilities, and willing to utilize cell or land line for coaching and data collection able to verbalize changes in their own participation or their child's participation during initial screen written consent Exclusion Criteria: severe mental health condition of female caregiver, as documented in child's medical record or reported to research staff by child's treating MD or medical team member abuses illicit or prescribed substances or alcohol at time of initial screen as documented in child's medical record or reported to research staff by child's treating MD or medical team member
Sexes Eligible for Study
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Female

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: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Pre-post coaching intervention
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: coaching in context<br>10, 1 hour sessions of face to face strength based coaching sessions provided face to face or over the phone. | Behavioral: strength based coaching<br>* strength based and solution focused coaching<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) | Rates self perceived performance and satisfaction with self-identified goals on a 10 point likert scale (1 cannot do, not satisfied; 10 can do without a problem, very satisfied). A 2-point change is considered clinically meaningful. | Baseline - before coaching and repeated at end of 10 coaching sessions (12 weeks from baseline) |