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Empowered Relief for Caregivers
Sponsor: Stanford University
Summary
This study is testing a new program called Empowered Relief for Caregivers (ER-CY), designed to support caregivers of children and teens who live with chronic pain. ER-CY is a single two-hour class delivered online. It teaches skills for managing the stress of caring for a child in pain and for responding to a child's pain in helpful ways. Up to 80 caregivers of youth with chronic pain will take part in one ER-CY class and then complete surveys and a short interview over the following three months. The researchers want to learn two things: whether caregivers are willing and able to take part and find the program helpful and satisfying, and whether the program lowers caregiver distress and improves their child's day-to-day functioning. What is learned will help guide future programs and care for youth with chronic pain and their families.
Official title: Empowered Relief for Caregivers (ER-CY): A Co-Designed Brief Intervention to Support Families of Youth With Chronic Pain
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2026-10
Completion Date
2028-09
Last Updated
2026-06-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Empowered Relief for Caregivers (ER-CY)
Empowered Relief for Caregivers is a single-session, skills-based behavioral intervention delivered virtually via Zoom in one session of approximately two hours. Co-designed with caregivers, it adapts the Empowered Relief approach for caregivers of youth with chronic pain, teaching strategies to reduce caregiver distress and to respond more adaptively to a child's pain. All participants receive the same single class; there are no additional sessions or booster components.
Locations (1)
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California, United States