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effects of parental training program on Early childhood development

Study the effect of early parental intervention/motivation on Early Childhood Development, emotional and behavioral problems in children and maternal psychosocial health. - PaT-ecd

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2022/07/044208
Enrollment
500
Registered
2022-07-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-08-02

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Parental intervention using guided training programs: Group-based parenting programs will be delivered to groups of 20-30 parents in 1-h sessions at regular interval every 3 monthly for

Sponsors

Dr Somashekhar Nimbalkar
Lead Sponsor
PSMC will provide logistic support
Collaborator

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Parents having child aged 0-6 months. 2. Parent able to attend group and communicate. 3. Mothers who are going to stay locally for prolonged period (till study period get completed).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: i. Parents whose child is severely disabled. ii. High risk newborns were excluded. iii. Parents with conditions like psychosis, low IQ, dementia etc.. Which may interfere with their understanding of intervention. iv. Mothers who have any known psychiatric illness.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
â?¢ The Copenhagen Infant Mental Health Screening (CIMHS) is used for assessment of infant feeding and eating, sleep, contact and communication, language, development and the childâ??s social-emotional functioning. TDST (Trivandrum Developmental Screen) for assessing social skills in children less than 1.5 years â?¢ Growth assessment will be done by plotting the anthropometry parameters in WHO growth charts and then will interpret it. â?¢ Maternal Psychosocial Health: IAP PSQ-4 Parent Stress Questionnaire will be used for assessment of parental stress and mental health problems. Timepoint: 1 year

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
â?¢ Safety and security will be assessed by asking certain pretested survey questions to parents. â?¢ Responsive parenting will be assessed by giving certain task to parents with their child and observing their response â?¢ Early learning opportunities and skill development will be assessed by asking the parents to demonstrate a play and communication activity. Timepoint: 1 year

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactPurvi Patel

Bhaikaka university

somu_somu@yahoo.com9825087842

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026