Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes
Conditions
Interventions
Educational programme, 2-hour training workshop, followed by one-to-one support and advice from therapists delivered over a 6-week period.
Follow-up was 6 weeks after the postural care training worksh
Sponsors
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Postural care workshop: Parents and teachers of primary school aged children with a physical disability, who attend a mainstream school and also receive occupational therapy/ physiotherapy. Focus groups: Adults All participants from the workshop will be invited to attend the focus groups. Interviews: Children Children of these participants will also be offered the opportunity to attend an interview. Focus groups: Therapists 1. All therapists involved in the workshops will be eligible to participate. Target Gender: Male & Female; Upper Age Limit 65 years ; Lower Age Limit 6 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Postural care workshop: 1. Parents and teachers of children with a physical disability under the age of 4 or over the age of 11. Also those attending special schools and those not receiving therapy at the time of the study. 2. Individuals who do not have adequate understanding of English are excluded from the study. This decision was made on the on the basis that a good working knowledge of the English language would be necessary to fully participate in the intervention (workshop and completing outcome measure) and focus groups. Focus groups: Adults, therapists and interviews with the children Those who have not participated or whose parents have not participated in the six-week postural care intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Understanding, knowledge and confidence in postural care questionnaire.; Timepoint(s): Time 1 before the intervention, Time 2 following the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed