Clinical trial NCT04916873: Rehabilitation Status of Children With Cerebral Palsy and Anxiety of Their Caregivers During the Covid19 Pandemic
Official title: Rehabilitation Status of Children With Cerebral Palsy and Anxiety of Their Caregivers During the Covid19 Pandemic
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cerebral Palsy
Covid19
Anxiety
Keywords: Anxiety
Cerebral Palsy
Covid19
Rehabilitation
Lead sponsor: Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-08
Enrollment: 206
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: OTHER
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic.

Brief summary: Rehabilitation status of children with cerebral palsy (CP) and anxiety of their caregivers during the covid19 pandemic were explored. 206 caregivers who voluntarily accepted to participate were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and evaluated about the rehabilitation status of their children.The anxiety levels of all caregivers were found high and the rehabilitation programmes of the children were interrupted.

Detailed description: Investigators aimed to explore the rehabilitation status of children with CP and anxiety of their caregivers during the covid19 pandemic. Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic were called up during pandemic period. 206 caregivers who voluntarily accepted to participate were administered the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and evaluated about the rehabilitation status of their children. Demographic data, associated problems of children, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) levels were recorded from their files. For the statistical analysis, IBM SPSS Statistics 22 (SPSS IBM, Turkey) programs were used. While evaluating the study data, the suitability of the parameters to the normal distribution was evaluated with the Shapiro Wilks test. Significance was evaluated at the p \<0.05 level.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic who voluntarily accepted to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

* Caregivers of children with CP who were under follow up in the outpatient CP clinic who didn't accept to participate

Primary outcomes:
measure: Anxiety of the caregivers of the children with cerebral palsy
timeFrame: 1 month
measure: Rehabilitation process of the children with cerebral palsy
timeFrame: 1 month
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: Pinar Akpinar
state: Atasehir
Study officials:
affiliation: Assoc Prof
name: PINAR AKPINAR, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Cacioppo M, Bouvier S, Bailly R, Houx L, Lempereur M, Mensah-Gourmel J, Kandalaft C, Varengue R, Chatelin A, Vagnoni J, Vuillerot C, Gautheron V, Dinomais M, Dheilly E, Brochard S, Pons C; ECHO Group. Emerging health challenges for children with physical disabilities and their parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The ECHO French survey. Ann Phys Rehabil Med. 2021 May;64(3):101429. doi: 10.1016/j.rehab.2020.08.001. Epub 2020 Aug 18.
citation: Dhiman S, Sahu PK, Reed WR, Ganesh GS, Goyal RK, Jain S. Impact of COVID-19 outbreak on mental health and perceived strain among caregivers tending children with special needs. Res Dev Disabil. 2020 Dec;107:103790. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2020.103790. Epub 2020 Oct 6.