Autism. Autistic disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Parents should be willing to participate in the research. Parents are responsible for taking care of autistic children. The file of the child with autism is under the care of the parents in the welfare center of Rasht city. Parents should take care of a child with autism at home. Parents should have a smartphone. Parents should have access to the Internet and virtual networks. Parents should be able to use mobile phones and virtual networks.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Parents have a psychological illness based on self-report. The child is suffering from other chronic diseases (physical and psychological). Parents have participated in educational and support programs similar to the intervention in the last year.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| In this study, the awareness and performance of parents of children with autism are measured about preventive care; For this purpose, awareness is the primary outcome. Timepoint: It will be done 2 times, before the start of the first training session and one month after the last training session. Method of measurement: A researcher-made questionnaire in the field of parents' awareness about the safe care of children with autism, which questionnaires have been reviewed by 11 faculty members of Shahid Beheshti School of Nursing and Midwifery in Rasht, the content validity ratio in these two questionnaires has been acceptable, and the content validity index has been approved for The awareness questionnaire is 0.92. To determine the internal consistency of the awareness questionnaire, Richardson20 was used. The Richardson20 coefficient was obtained as 0.717 after removing question 17, so this tool with 24 questions has acceptable internal consistency. To determine the external consistency of the awareness questionnaire, the ICC coefficient and Test-Retest coefficient were used. became. The Test-Retest coefficient of the two knowledge questionnaires was 91.4% and the ICC coefficient was 0.952; Therefore, the awareness tool has acceptable reliability in terms of external stability. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The secondary outcome is performance. Timepoint: It will be done 2 times, before the start of the first training session and one month after the last training session. Method of measurement: A researcher-made questionnaire in the field of parents' performance in connection with the safe care of children with autism, the questionnaires have been reviewed by 11 faculty members of the Shahid Beheshti College of Nursing and Midwifery in Rasht, the content validity ratio has been acceptable and the content validity index has been approved for the questionnaire. The performance is 0.94. Alpha Cronbach's coefficient was used to check the internal consistency of the performance questionnaire, and the alpha Cronbach's coefficient was 0.901, so this instrument has acceptable internal consistency with 25 questions. Also, the ICC coefficient and Test-Retest coefficient were used to determine the external stability of the performance tool. The test-retest coefficient of two performance questionnaires was 99.2% and the ICC coefficient was 0.981; Therefore, the performance tool has acceptable reliability in terms of external stability. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Rasht University of Medical Sciences