NDLI: Healthy Parent Carers: feasibility randomised controlled trial of a peer-led group-based health promotion intervention for parent carers of disabled children

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Author	Bjornstad, Gretchen Cuffe-Fuller, Beth Ukoumunne, Obioha C. Fredlund, Mary McDonald, Annabel Wilkinson, Kath Lloyd, Jenny Hawton, Annie Berry, Vashti Tarrant, Mark Borek, Aleksandra Fitzpatrick, Katharine Gillett, Annette Rhodes, Shelley Logan, Stuart Morris, Christopher
Abstract	Background Parent carers of children with special educational needs or disability are at higher risk of poor mental and physical health. The need for a tailored, peer-led group programme was raised by parent carers, who co-developed the Healthy Parent Carers programme with researchers. This study aimed to test the feasibility of programme delivery in community settings, and the feasibility and acceptability of a randomised controlled trial design. Methods Participants were individually randomised with concealed allocation to a structured group programme and access to online resources (intervention), or access to the online resources only (control). Measures of wellbeing and secondary and economic outcomes were collected before randomisation, immediately post-intervention, and 6 months post-intervention. Descriptive statistics on recruitment and attrition, demographics, attendance, and fidelity of intervention delivery were analysed with feedback on the acceptability of the trial design. Results One hundred and ninety-three parent carers expressed an interest in taking part. Ninety-two participants recruited from across six sites were randomised (47 intervention, 45 control). Lead and assistant facilitators were trained and delivered the group sessions. Sixteen (34%) participants in the intervention arm did not attend any sessions, and attendance varied across sites and sessions. One participant withdrew post-randomisation, and 83 (90%) participants completed outcome measures at the six-month follow-up. Conclusions The study demonstrated that it was feasible to deliver the programme in community settings. The number of parent carers who expressed interest signifies the need for such a programme and the feasibility of recruiting to a definitive trial. Loss to follow-up was low. Further research is needed to explore ways to reduce barriers to participation in person and assess the feasibility and acceptability of programme content and delivery for more ethnically diverse groups, and potentially using interpreters. Given the Covid-19 pandemic and delivery format feedback, there is also a need to investigate remote or blended delivery strategies. Although the results indicate that a definitive trial is feasible, programme impact would be strengthened through exploration of these uncertainties. Trial registration ISRCTN, ISRCTN15144652 , registered on 25 October 2018, ClinicalTrials.gov , NCT03705221 , registered on 15 October 2018.
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ISSN	20555784
DOI	10.1186/s40814-021-00881-5
Journal	Pilot and Feasibility Studies
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2021-07-23
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Subject Keyword	Medicine Public Health Biomedicine Statistics for Life Sciences Health Sciences Medicine/Public Health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine
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