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Developing and Evaluating Guidelines to Support Parents in Caring for Children with Severe Neurological Illnesses

Development and evaluation of palliative care guidelines for parents of children with selected life limiting neurological disorders (LLND) on quality of life of children and parents, and parental attitude towards care of children

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/085127
Enrollment
44
Registered
2025-04-21
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-28

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Palliative Care Guidelines for Parents of Children with LLND: In the first phase of the study, evidence-based recommendations will be developed based on the needs of parents of children

Sponsors

Ambili Venugopal
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Parents of children affected with Muscular dystrophy Post-sequelae of meningitis and encephalitis Cerebral palsy Down syndrome Autism Hypotonia or flaccid paralysis global developmental delay and non provocative seizures. 2 Primary care giver accompanying the child. 3 Parents should be able understand either Telugu or English 4 Parents who all are willing and provide informed consent for participation in the study. 5 Child should be aged between 2 to 18 years of age 6 Child should be diagnosed with the condition minimum 6months duration.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Parents who refuse to participate or do not provide informed consent for the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1 Effect of palliative care guideline on the QoL of children with selected LLND and their parents. 2. Effect of the palliative care guidelines on parental attitudes towards the care of their children with selected LLND.Timepoint: base line four weeks twelfth week

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1 To find out the association between QoL of children with selected LLND and various socio demographic variables. 2 To find out the association between QoL of parents of children with selected LLND and various socio demographic variables. 3 To find out the association between parental attitudes towards the care of their children with selected LLND and various socio demographic variables. Timepoint: base line four weeks twelfth week

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Arun Babu T

AIIMS Mangalagiri

babuarun@aiimsmangalagiri.edu.in9944701700

Outcome results

None listed

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