The Effect of the Training Programme Based on the Health Promotion Model Given to Parents

The Effect of the Training Programme Based on the Health Promotion Model Given to Parents of Children Diagnosed With Epilepsy on Disease Management: A Randomised Controlled Study

This randomised controlled study evaluates the effect of a training programme based on the Health Promotion Model developed for parents of children diagnosed with epilepsy on parents' level of knowledge about epilepsy, parents' general self-efficacy level, parents' health promoting and protective behaviours and the number of hospital admissions of their children. The hypothesis of this study is that education has an effect on these.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Parents; Epilepsy in Children; Disease Management
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education

Detailed Description

In the study, 76 parents will be randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. Participants in the intervention group (n = 36) will be administered the Epilepsy Education Programme based on Pender's Health Promotion Model by the researcher and will be given the education booklet developed by the researcher in line with the literature. The training topics of the intervention programme are: General information about epilepsy, seizure moment management, management of antiepileptic drug treatments, controlling the factors that may trigger seizures, and recommendations to parents about health promoting and protective behaviours. In the training, learning and teaching techniques such as presentation, video demonstration, question and answer sections, lecture and discussion will be applied. The training will last approximately one hour.

The control group (n=36) will not receive any intervention and will only receive the training booklet used in a thesis study published in the past.

From the parents who will participate in the study: 'Parent and Child Introductory Information Form', 'Form for Evaluating Parents' Level of Knowledge about Epilepsy", "General Self-Efficacy Scale", "Health Promoting and Protective Behaviours Scale' tools and "Form for Evaluating the Number of Hospital Admissions' by using Mersin University Hospital records to evaluate the frequency of hospital admission.

Form for Evaluating Parents' Level of Knowledge about Epilepsy was developed by the researcher in line with the literature since there is no Turkish validity and reliability scale to measure the general knowledge levels of parents with children diagnosed with epilepsy about epilepsy in children. Both intervention and control groups will be pre-tested before the training. Post-tests will be performed immediately after the intervention and at the 3rd month.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Estimated): 76
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Sümerya YASTI, MASTER; Phone Number: 22405 +90 324 241 00 00; Email: 2204160171012@mersin.edu.tr

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Mersin, Turkey
    • Turkey, Mersin University
    • Contact: Sümerya YASTI, MASTER; Email: 2204160171012@mersin.edu.tr
    • Principal Investigator: Hacer ÇETİN, PROFESSOR

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents between the ages of 18 and 65,
• Parents who provide primary care to the child,
• Parents who signed the Informed Volunteer Consent Form,
• Parents who have a child with a medical diagnosis of epilepsy for at least six months,
• Parents whose children are between the ages of 3 and 6 (if the cut-off limits for the age criterion are; parents of children who are 3 years old as of the beginning of the study and who are less than 7 years old will be included in the sample.) will be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Parents under the age of 18,
• Parents over 65 years of age,
• Parents who do not sign the Informed Volunteer Consent Form,
• Parents whose child has had epilepsy for less than six months,
• Parents whose child's age is outside the 3 - 6 age range,
• Parents with learning disabilities,
• Parents who are not literate in Turkish,
• Parents whose children are receiving ketogenic diet treatment,
• Parents whose children have non-neurological chronic diseases will not be included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Double

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control; No intervention will be made to the control group, only the data will be collected at the same time as the study group.
Experimental: Education; Participants in the intervention group (n = 36) will be administered the Epilepsy Education Programme based on Pender's Health Promotion Model by the researcher and will be given the education booklet developed by the researcher in line with the literature. The training topics of the intervention programme are: General information about epilepsy, seizure moment management, management of antiepileptic drug treatments, controlling the factors that may trigger seizures, and recommendations to parents about health promoting and protective behaviours. In the training, learning and teaching techniques such as presentation, video demonstration, question and answer sections, lecture and discussion will be applied. The training will last approximately one hour.	Other: Education; Participants in the intervention group (n = 36) will be administered the Epilepsy Education Programme based on Pender's Health Promotion Model by the researcher and will be given the education booklet developed by the researcher in line with the literature. The training topics of the intervention programme are: General information about epilepsy, seizure moment management, management of antiepileptic drug treatments, controlling the factors that may trigger seizures, and recommendations to parents about health promoting and protective behaviours. In the training, learning and teaching techniques such as presentation, video demonstration, question and answer sections, lecture and discussion will be applied. The training will last approximately one hour.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Parents' level of knowledge about epilepsy evaluated using the Form for the Evaluation of Parents' Level of Knowledge about Epilepsy	Since there was no Turkish validity-reliability scale to measure parents' knowledge levels about epilepsy in children, the form was developed by the researcher in line with the literature. The form consists of 4 sub-dimensions and a total of 24 items: epilepsy disease, seizure management, medication management, and knowledge levels regarding controlling factors that may trigger seizures. The form is a measurement tool with two options, in which parents mark the appropriate option between 'true' and 'false'. The opinions of five experts were taken to evaluate the content validity of the form. As a result of expert evaluations, the content validity rate of each item in the survey and the content validity index of each sub-dimension were calculated separately. The result was found to be statistically significant and it was decided to use the survey in the research. The analysis of the results will be evaluated by taking the opinion of a statistician.	Change from before, immediately after and 3 months after implementation
Self-efficacy evaluated using the General Self-Efficacy Scale	The validity and reliability study of the Turkish form of the General Self-Efficacy Scale was conducted by Aypay (2010). In Aypay's (2010) study, the construct validity of the scale was evaluated by factor analysis. There are no reverse coded items in the scale. The Cronbach alpha coefficient value of the scale is 0.83. The scale, which has a 4-point Likert structure consisting of ten items, asks the participant to answer each item as "Completely False", "Somewhat True", "Moderately True" and "Completely True" and is obtained by selecting the most appropriate one of these items. The lowest score that can be obtained from the scale is 10 and the highest score is 40. The increase in the total score the participants received from the scale means that their general self-efficacy levels increased. As a result of the research, it was accepted that the Turkish version of the scale is a valid and reliable data collection tool.	Change from before, immediately after and 3 months after implementation
Health Promoting and Protective Behaviors evaluated using the Health Promoting and Protective Behaviors Scale	The scale was developed by Bostan (2016). It consists of three subscales and a total of 24 items. It is a 5-point Likert type. The total Cronbach α coefficient value of the scale was found to be 0.83. Cronbach's α coefficient values for the sub-dimensions are; physical 0.62, psychosocial 0.61 and protection 0.76. The construct validity of the scale was performed by confirmatory factor analysis. It was observed that the obtained evaluation results did not exceed the theoretical limits of the fit parameters. The minimum score that can be obtained from the scale is 24 and the maximum score is 120. Items 1, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, and 23 of the scale are reverse coded. Analyzes can be made separately as sub-dimensions and total score. The low total score of the participants is considered as a sign that they do not demonstrate health-promoting and protective behaviors. According to the study data, the scale was accepted to be a valid and reliable measurement tool.	Change from before, immediately after and 3 months after implementation

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Number of Hospital Admissions for Children evaluated using the Evaluation Form for the Number of Hospital Admissions	Data will be collected using a form using Mersin University Hospital records. The number of times parents applied to the hospital for their children within the 3-month period after the training will be evaluated and recorded in this form.	Change from after and 3 month implementation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mersin University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Hacer ÇETİN, PROFESSOR, Advisor

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Estimated): May 13, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 13, 2024
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 13, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 24, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): April 29, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 29, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Epilepsy; Children; Nursing; Disease management; Parent education
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Epilepsy
• Other Study ID Numbers: MEU-HEM-SY-189

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No