Effect of Mother Rehabilitative Aid Education Program on Children With Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
NCT Number: NCT06460688
Status: COMPLETED
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Phases: NA
Conditions: Diplegic Cerebral Palsy
Interventions: OTHER: Mother Rehabilitative Aid Education Program|OTHER: Neuro physical Therapy
Sponsor: Riphah International University
Sex: ALL
Age: CHILD
Enrollment: 24
Study Design: Allocation: RANDOMIZED|Intervention Model: PARALLEL|Masking: SINGLE (PARTICIPANT)|Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
Start Date: 2024-05-14
Completion Date: 2024-07-28
Locations: Riphah Internationl University, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, Pakistan

Summary:
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a syndrome caused by a non-progressive lesion in the developing brain. Spastic diplegia cerebral palsy is a form of cerebral palsy, permanently affects muscle control and coordination. Symptoms include increased muscle tone which leads to spasticity (stiff or tight muscles and exaggerated reflexes) in the legs. Physiotherapist will come across many children with disability and it's a daily routine that providing treatment and educating parents regarding the treatment and ask them to continue at home. Family centered home program for children with disability plays a major role in their improvement. By educating and creating awareness among mother's, it can really do justice for the recovery of differently abled children.

This will be a randomized control trial. Study will be conducted on 24 patients. Inclusion criteria of this study is mothers of spastic cerebral palsy children (Diplegic), Age 6-12 years, with GMFCS level II \& III and mothers who are willing to spend time in giving home program and give feedback every day and should maintain continuity coming to the department. Mothers of Cerebral palsy (diplegic) children will be excluded if the children are suffering with fixed deformities and with recent surgeries involving spine and limbs. Working females more than 5 working hours are also excluded. Participants will be divided randomly into two groups. In group A, Participants will be educated thoroughly about treatment plan which includes routine neuro physical therapy aiming (Gross Motor Function \& Balance). A class will be organized to educate Mothers/ Caregivers through PPT presentation, video and pictures. In group B, participants will not be educated about treatment plan, routine home plan was given once in a week. Intervention will be given for 8 weeks, 5 days a week for 45 minutes. Pre and post session Gross motor function by GMFM, balance by PBS, Quality of life by CP-QOL and parental stress by PSI will be measured.

Primary Outcome Measures: GMFM-88 (Gross Motor Function Measure), The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) is a tool that has been developed to assess change in gross motor function in children with cerebral palsy aged 5 months to 16 years of age. The 88 items are grouped into five dimensions: 1) lying and rolling, 2) sitting, 3) crawling and kneeling, 4) standing, and 5) walking, running and jumping. A maximum of three trials is allowed for each item and the best trial is recorded. Scores for each dimension are expressed as a percentage of the maximum score for that dimension and the total score is obtained by averaging the percentage scores across the five dimensions., 8 weeks|Parental Stress Index, The degree of parental stress was evaluated with the Parenting Stress Index (PSI) (Abidin and Wilfong 1989). The PSI is designed to identify stressful areas in parent child interactions, and the results from the PSI indicate whether parents experience distress to a clinically disturbing degree. The Parenting Stress Index Short Form was standardized for use with parents of children ranging from 1 month to 12 years old., 8 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures: CP-QOL ( Quality of life), The CP QOL-Child was designed to assess several aspects of subjective happiness and well-being, rather than ill-being or functioning. It is useful to establish a profile of qualify of life of children with CP to understand their subjective perception of their life (Waters et al., 2009, Waters et al., 2005). Two versions of the CP QOL-Child are available: a primary caregiver-proxy report version (proxy version) for children aged 4-12 years (which we are using), and a self-report version for children aged 9-12 years. The reliability and validity of the CP QOL-Child have been established, including internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity (Wang et al., 2010, Waters et al., 2007)(19), 8 weeks