Early Support and Physiotherapy for Children and Their Motor Skills

Identification of the Needs and Difficulties Associated With the Perceptual-motor Management of Infants at High Risk of Cerebral Palsy During the First 24 Months Following Neonatal Hospitalization. Qualitative Study Among Parents and Health Professionals

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04523441

Acronym

App-eMot-Quali

Enrollment

Registered

2020-08-21

Start date

2020-10-05

Completion date

2021-01-05

Last updated

2021-10-01

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Conditions

Cerebral Palsy, Infant, Neonatal

Brief summary

The App-eMot-Quali project proposed here is the first phase in the implementation of a care pathway supported by a digital tool. It consists of a qualitative study allowing individual interviews to be conducted with parents of infants at high risk of cerebral palsy and health professionals in order to identify and precisely describe the needs and difficulties present during the child's rehabilitative care during the first months of life.

Interventions

OTHERFocus group

Holding of a focus group by a sociologist

OTHERSemi-directive interview

Conducting a semi-directive interview by a sociologist after discharge from hospital

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. For the parents: Parents of children under 24 months of age at high risk of cerebral palsy who have given their oral consent. Children at high risk of cerebral palsy are defined as : * Premature children ≤ 31 WG + 6 days or birth weight less than 1000g. * Children who have had a stroke or stage 2 or 3 hypoxia-ischemia according to the Sarnat classification. The selection of parents may be retrospective with less than 24 months since hospital discharge. 2. For the health professionals: Physiotherapists, psychomotricians, psychologists and doctors involved in the care of children at high risk of cerebral palsy.

Exclusion criteria

* A person who is physically or cognitively unable to participate in a one-on-one interview or who does not have a sufficient command of the French language. * Parents aged \<18 years * Parents in protective custody * Parents of children with major orthopedic or traumatic disorders unrelated to the high risk of cerebral palsy. * Parents of a child with a genetic disease.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Typology and categorization of the needs and difficulties encountered by the parents.	Through study completion an average of 21 months	collected through semi-directive individual interviews with parents

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

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