Effect of Educational Program on Parental Stress of Parents of Children With CHD

Zhengzhou University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Congenital Heart Defect

Treatments: Other: psychoeducational intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06172608

2023-296

Details and patient eligibility

About

Congenital Heart disease accounts for about one third of the all congenital anomalies. In last decades' huge advancements occurred in treatment and diagnosis. More and more surgeries are being done which causes stress in parents and affects their mental health. Some studies have reported that about one third of the parents of children with CHD remain in stress even after surgery is being done. The goal of this trial is to evaluate effect of educational intervention on mental health of parents of children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery compared to the parents who get usual care and pamphlets of the same information.

The investigators are including parents of children with CHD who are already diagnosed with CHD and are undergoing cardiac surgery.

Enrollment: 28 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Parents of children with congenital heart disease
2. Patient is scheduled for elective cardiac surgery and not had any surgery before.
3. Willing to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

1. Parents of CHD who have other critical conditions along with CHD
2. Parents able to understand local languages (Urdu and Pashto)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group (I)

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention group (I) will be receiving a psychoeducational intervention along with routine care they are getting in the hospital

Treatment:

Other: psychoeducational intervention

Control group (C)

No Intervention group

Description:

Comparison usual care and Leaflet of the information. At the end of the trial these also get the video and educational sessions as intervention group.