Clinical Research Directory

CFT Guided Self-help Intervention: Parents of Autistic Children

This research will aim to test how practical, achievable and effective a brief, guided, self-help compassion focused intervention is for parents of autistic children aged 6-17 years old. The demands of parenting can be rewarding but also challenging, and it is known that parents of autistic children experience additional pressures. As a result of this, parents of autistic children may be more likely to experience increased stress, anxiety, low mood and lower quality of life, compared to those parenting children who are not autistic. There has been only a small amount of research so far regarding whether interventions that focus on building compassion, would be beneficial to parents of autistic children. The purpose of this study is to test whether a short, self-guided compassion-focused intervention is practical, achievable and effective for parents of autistic children. The intervention is based on Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) and involves reading workbook material and listening to audio tracks. There will also be some questionnaires to complete and 30-minute weekly support calls with the lead researcher. This intervention was adapted previously, from an intervention for parents in general, to be more suitable and focused on the needs of parents of autistic children. This study will be the first time the adapted intervention has been used by parents. The intervention will be tested by 6-8 parents and will be about 13 weeks long. We will collect some demographic data at the start of the study, and there will be the opportunity to complete an evaluation questionnaire.

Impact and Lived Experience of Parents of a Child With a Large or Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus

The goal of this observational study is to describe the experiences of parents at the birth of a child with a large or giant congenital melanocytic nevus through semi-structured interviews, and to identify potential intervention strategies to improve their care and support.

Adapting The Fear Of Recurrence Therapy (FORT) for Parents and Establishing Acceptability and Feasibility

Clinical levels of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) affect up to 59% of adult cancer survivors. Family caregivers experience equal or greater levels of FCR, which has been linked to lower quality of life and increased distress. FCR can be addressed in cancer survivors with brief interventions. However, none of these interventions have been tested with parents of childhood cancer survivors. This is an urgent gap: the survival rates of childhood cancer have increased more rapidly than for adult cancers, resulting in a growing population of childhood cancer survivors who, along with their families, need support. The goals of this pilot study are to demonstrate 1) that a newly adapted intervention of FORT (Parent-FORT) is feasible (i.e., participant recruitment, attendance and participation) and acceptable (i.e., parent satisfaction of the intervention) for a larger study, and 2) the clinical implications of Parent-FORT on fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) and quality of life in parents of childhood cancer survivors. Parents will be randomly assigned to participate in the Parent-FORT intervention immediately or a three-month waitlist control group. They will complete a questionnaire package before and after the intervention, as well as at a three month follow up. This study will help bridge an important gap in bringing evidence-based care to parents who have never been offered help before for their FCR.

Pilot Trial of Clinic-based Dating Violence Prevention Program for Adolescents and Caregivers

ETHR V 2.0 pilot trial is a one-arm, multi-site pilot trial to assess the acceptability and feasibility of Engaging Together for Healthy Relationships, a caregiver-adolescent dating violence prevention program delivered within pediatric primary care.

Cognitive-Based Behavior Change Training Program

This study will be conducted to determine the effects of the Parent Education Program Based on the Cognitive Development of the Child, which is applied to the parents of preschool children with behavioral problems, on the attitudes and stress levels of the parents and the problematic behaviors of the children. The purpose of this study has two dimensions; Dimension 1: The 'Parent Education Program Based on the Cognitive Development of the Child', which is planned to be developed for the purpose of measuring the attitudes, stress levels of the parents and the effects on the problematic behaviors of the children. The development of the program was based on Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Dimension: It is experimental. The aim is to reveal the effectiveness of the Parent Education Program, which will be applied to the parents of children with behavioral problems. There are parent training programs developed for children with behavioral problems in the preschool period. However, the lack of parent studies based on the child's cognitive development reveals the rationale and importance of this study.

The Effect of Parental Presence on the Child's Comfort and Physiologic Parameters in PICU

The study was planned to be conducted and completed within 6 months after ethics committee approval was obtained. The research is a prospective, quasi-experimental study. The population of the study will consist of children hospitalized in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of SBU, Izmir Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatric Diseases and Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Randomization of children will be done to determine which children's data will be followed on the relevant visit day. Physiologic parameters including respiratory rate, pulse rate, oxygen saturation, body temperature, blood pressure and comfort levels of the children will be evaluated just before, during and after the parental visit (1st minute and 5th minute) and compared with those before the parental visit. All observations will be made by the same nurse to avoid bias in the study.