Education Program for Caregivers of Children With Gross Motor Delays

Emory University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gross Motor Development Delay

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent Educational Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05542251

STUDY00004252

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this project is to determine whether an educational intervention delivered via social media can improve parent understanding of child development and progression in child's developmental goals. A secondary objective is to determine whether this intervention can improve parent-related outcomes, such as well-being, parent-child bonding, attitudes toward parenting, satisfaction with the educational program.

Full description

Gross motor delays in childhood are common, though they vary in severity and outcome. Early detection and intervention are critical to promote best neurodevelopmental outcomes for these children; equally important is support for parents and/or caregivers of children with identified motor delays. Parent education programs for caregivers of children with gross motor delays have been shown to improve parent knowledge of motor development and decrease parental stress when offered in conjunction with physical therapy treatment, however, there is a lack of peer-reviewed evidence demonstrating the efficacy of educational interventions provided over a social media platform for the population targeted in this study.

Caregivers of children with gross motor delays will be randomized to receive an educational intervention delivered via social media over a 9 week period, or to receive the intervention after a 9 week waiting period.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent or legal guardian of child under 3 years with an identified motor delay
• Access to device with high-speed internet to access Facebook
• English speaking
• Resides in the continental United States

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English-speaking

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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92 participants in 2 patient groups

Parent Educational Program

Experimental group

Description:

Caregivers of children with gross motor delays who are randomized to receive an educational intervention delivered through social media.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent Educational Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Caregivers of children with gross motor delays who are randomized to the waitlist control group who will receive an educational intervention delivered through social media after a 9 week waiting period.