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Evaluating Caring for the Caregiver in Uganda

An Evaluation of the Caring for Caregiver (CFC) Intervention on caregiver emotional wellbeing, social support, and parenting stress in two rural districts of Uganda

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202503583996421
Enrollment
400
Registered
2025-03-31
Start date
2024-05-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

UNICEF Caring for the Caregiver
Standard of care

Sponsors

UNICEF Uganda
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Be pregnant or a primary caregiver to a child aged 0-24 months (the index child) at time of recruitment. Be age 18 years or older. Intend to reside within the study area for the 6-9 months period of the research study. Be willing to consent to both their and the child’s participation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not pregnant or a primary caregiver to a child aged 0-24 months at time of recruitment. Younger than 18 years. Not resident in the study area or intending to relocate in the period of the research study. Unable or unwilling to consent to both their and their child's participation.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
-Emotional-wellbeing: Patient Health Questionnaire-9, General Anxiety Disorder-7, Mental Health Continuum-Short Form, General Self Efficacy Scale -Social-support: UCLA Loneliness Scale (ULS-8), Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, The Brief Assessment of Family Functioning Scale (BAFFS) -Parenting-stress: The Parenting Stress Index-Short Form (PSI-SF), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
-FLW counselling capacities -Fidelity in the application of CFC skills, tools, activities.

Countries

Uganda

Contacts

Public ContactCaitlin Briedenhann

PhD

caitlin.briedenhann@wits.ac.za+27117172382

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026