Helping refugee parents thrive: assessing the readiness of the caregiver support intervention for a fully powered evaluation with Syrian refugees in Lebanon

A pilot randomized controlled trial of the caregiver support intervention with Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN33665023

Enrollment

108

Registered

2019-08-06

Start date

2019-01-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-02-10

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Conditions

Caregiver stress and stress-related compromised parenting Mental and Behavioural Disorders Caregiver stress and stress-related compromised parenting

Interventions

The Caregiver Support Intervention (CSI) is a nine session weekly group intervention aimed at strengthening caregiver psychosocial wellbeing and parenting in refugee and other war-affected communities

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Syrian refugee or Lebanese host society parents or other primary caregivers of children aged 3-12. 2. Both parents/caregivers are willing to participate in the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participant exclusion criteria 1. Unable to complete questionnaires even with the assistance of research assistant. 2. Previous participation in a parenting intervention.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parenting assessed using a new measure developed for this study. It was be assessed at baseline and endline (9 weeks).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental warmth and responsiveness will be measured using a subscale of a new parenting measure developed for this study (developed for this study, available on request), at baseline and endline. 2. Child psychosocial wellbeing will be measured using the Kindle-Parent Report and Kindl Child self-report by index children ages 7-12, at at baseline and endline. 3. For families with a child between 0-3 years old, an additional assessment will be made of infant and toddler mental health using the CREDI, at baseline and endline. This will be strictly an exploratory outcome. O-3 children will be assessed in addition to, not in place of, the index child (ages 3-12). 4. Caregiver distress will measured using the K10 at at baseline and endline. 5. Caregiver psychosocial wellbeing will be measured using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale at baseline and endline. 6. Caregiver stress will be measured using the Caregiver Stress Questionnaire (developed for this study, available on request), at baseline and endline. 7. Caregiver stress management will be measured using the Stress Management Questionnaire (developed for this study, available on request) at at baseline and endline.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parental warmth and responsiveness will be measured using a subscale of a new parenting measure developed for this study (developed for this study, available on request), at baseline and endline. 2. Child psychosocial wellbeing will be measured using the Kindle-Parent Report and Kindl Child self-report by index children ages 7-12, at at baseline and endline. 3. For families with a child between 0-3 years old, an additional assessment will be made of infant and toddler mental health using the CREDI, at baseline and endline. This will be strictly an exploratory outcome. O-3 children will be assessed in addition to, not in place of, the index child (ages 3-12). 4. Caregiver distress will measured using the K10 at at baseline and endline. 5. Caregiver psychosocial wellbeing will be measured using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale at baseline and endline. 6. Caregiver stress will be measured using the Caregiver Stress Questionnaire (developed for this study, available on request), at baseline and endline. 7. Caregiver stress management will be measured using the Stress Management Questionnaire (developed for this study, available on request) at at baseline and endline.

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Countries

Lebanon, Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactKenneth Miller

kenneth.miller@warchild.nl0031681798666

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 18, 2026