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A Psycho-educational Intervention to Improve Family Mental Health and Child Educational Outcomes Following Admission to PICU: A Pilot Study
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Psycho-education for Critical Illness. Completed, enrolled 31 participants.
Detailed Summary
1. Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of an information based intervention delivered to parents following their child's admission to paediatric intensive care; 2. Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the study design and procedures; 3. Explore the effects of the intervention on parent and child psychological outcomes 3-6 months post discharge from PICU; 4. Explore the effects of parental stress experienced during PICU admission on the effectiveness of the intervention; 5. To provide data that, combined with results from other studies, could inform the sample size for a future multi-site RCT.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The information given to parents will cover expected reactions that follow a PICU admission; how parents can help their child cope with these reactions; how to recognise warning signs; and sign-posting of appropriate follow-up services (if relevant). There will also be a follow-up telephone call to reinforce the information and to support parents in putting it in to practice, if appropriate.