Home Accidents Training For Parents of CWSN

April 30, 2025 updated by: Sıla YILMAZ, Medipol University

Virtual Reality Simulation and First Aid Training for Parents of Children With Special Needs on Home Accidents

The main objective of this project is to raise awareness and equip parents of children with special needs with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent home accidents through virtual reality applications. Additionally, the project aims to provide parents with basic first aid training and transfer training to ensure appropriate responses in the event of an accident. It also seeks to assess the balance status of children with special needs and to identify potential fall-related risks that may lead to home accidents.

The primary research questions this project aims to address are as follows:

  • What is the level of awareness among parents of children with special needs regarding home accidents?
  • What is the effect of virtual reality simulation on parental awareness of home accident risks?
  • How does first aid training influence parents' ability to respond to home accidents?
  • What is the impact of transfer training on parents' preparedness for home accident scenarios?
  • What are the balance and gait levels of children with special needs, and how might these relate to fall risk at home?

Study Overview

Status

Not yet recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

As part of the eligibility process, participants will complete the System Usability Scale, a Likert-type questionnaire, once at the beginning of the study. Only individuals scoring in the A+ category (96th-100th percentile) will be included in the intervention phase.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

100

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Being able to understand and speak Turkish
  • Being a parent of a child with special needs
  • Having a child registered at a Barrier-Free Life Application and Research Center
  • Scoring in the A+ category on the System Usability Scale, with a percentile rank between 96 and 100
  • Volunteering to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

- Failure to meet one or more of the inclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
As part of the eligibility process, participants will complete the System Usability Scale, a Likert-type questionnaire, once at the beginning of the study. Only individuals scoring in the A+ category (96th-100th percentile) will be included in the intervention phase.
Other: VR and first aid training

Intervention Stages:

Stage 1: Descriptive Information Form and the Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs will be administered to the parents as pre-tests.

Stage 2: A total of 100 parents will participate in the virtual reality simulation scenarios, organized into four separate groups of 25 for implementation.

Stage 3: Balance assessments for children will be conducted using the Children's Balance Assessment Form, the Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment, and the Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board.

Stage 4: Each group of 25 participants will receive hands-on training at three different stations focusing on basic first aid and home accidents, delivered by nurses, and transfer training provided by physiotherapists.

Stage 5: Post-tests will be administered to the parents using the Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Awareness of home accidents
Time Frame: 2 days
The Home Accident Awareness Questionnaire for Parents of Children with Special Needs, a 28-item form developed by the researchers, will be administered twice: once before and once after the VR training program.
2 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Balance
Time Frame: 1 day
The Children's Balance Assessment Form is a yes/no assessment tool developed by the researchers to evaluate the balance status of children with special needs. It will be administered once during Stage 3 of the study.
1 day
Balance
Time Frame: 1 day
The Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment will be used to evaluate balance abilities. This tool assigns scores to specific tasks, with a maximum of 16 points for the balance subscale. A higher score indicates better balance and lower risk of falling. It will be administered once during Stage 3 of the study.
1 day
Balance
Time Frame: 1 day
The Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board will be used to evaluate balance abilities through interactive tasks. It will be administered once during Stage 3 of the study.
1 day
Gait
Time Frame: 1 day
The Tinetti Balance and Gait Assessment will also be used to assess gait abilities. The gait subscale has a maximum score of 28. A higher score reflects better gait performance and mobility. This assessment will be performed once during Stage 3 of the study.
1 day

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Medipol University

Collaborators

Kocaeli University
İstanbul Topkapı University

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Tülay Ortabağ, Prof., İstanbul Topkapı University
  • Study Director: Gönül Ertunç Gülçelik, Asst. Prof., Kocaeli University
  • Principal Investigator: Ebru Sever, M.Sc., Kocaeli University
  • Principal Investigator: Tuba Eryiğit, M.Sc., İstanbul Topkapı University
  • Principal Investigator: Sıla Yılmaz, M.Sc., İstanbul Medipol University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

June 20, 2025

Primary Completion (Estimated)

September 20, 2025

Study Completion (Estimated)

December 20, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 28, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 16, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

February 21, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 4, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 30, 2025

Last Verified

April 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GAP-2024-001

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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