A Simulation-based Intervention for Caregivers of Children With Seizures

Simulation for Family Centered Care: Improving Caregivers Skills, Self-Efficacy and Quality of Life Using a Practice-Until-Perfect Simulation Intervention for Seizure Management in the Home Environment

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01831063

Enrollment

Registered

2013-04-15

Start date

2011-10-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2013-04-15

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Conditions

Dependency on Medications Prescribed for Patient, Types of Seizures and Epileptic Syndromes

Keywords

Seizure, Caregivers, Family Centered Care, Learning modality

Brief summary

Caregivers of children with seizures receiving simulation based seizure management teaching in addition to the traditional seizure teaching will report more confidence with seizure management and demonstrate a higher level of performance with seizure management.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALSimulation

The experimental group received a simulation based seizure teaching session in addition to the traditional seizure teaching

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 17 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of Seizure disorder * Dependence on a anti-seizure medication

Exclusion criteria

* No dependence on rescue medication

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
KidSIM Emergent Seizure Management Checklist	Baseline, 48 hours and 6 months	Caregivers performance managing a seizure scenario was assessed at baseline and at 48 hours after which time caregivers received their respective teaching sessions. Caregivers in the both groups participated in the traditional seizure teaching sessions. Caregivers in the intervention group received an additional simulation-based seizure teaching session that consisted of opportunities to practice seizure management in a simulated environment with instructor feedback and guidance. These sessions generally lasted 30 minutes and were deemed complete when caregivers were able to verbalize confidence with seizure management. The performance of caregivers in both groups were assessed again immediately after they received their respective teaching sessions which was usually the day of discharge.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The Aspire KidSIM Parent Seizure Self-efficacy Questionnaire	Baseline , 48 hours and 6 months	Caregivers were asked to fill out the questionnaire at baseline and after they received their respective teaching sessions which was at 48 hours post baseline.

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026