Gaining Real-life Skills Over the Web (GROW) is an online parenting-skills intervention for caregivers of children aged 0-4 who sustained traumatic brain injuries. GROW is designed to promote family and child coping and adjustment for caregivers.
This project develops and evaluates an online learning environment of web-based intervention modules designed to promote family and child coping and adjustment (GROW: Gaining Real-life Skills Over the Web) based on a comprehensive needs assessment of children aged 0 to 14 years old, who experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) between the ages of 0 to 4 years, and their families. The incidence of TBI peaks between the ages 0 to 4 years, yet there are no evidenced-based interventions to facilitate neurocognitive development and socio-emotional functioning of children injured during this critical development period. To address the unmet need of caregivers of infants and toddlers with TBI, the project uses a three-phase development process to generate proof of concept and initial proof of product. Phase 1 involves a comprehensive needs assessment that includes quantitative assessment of family and child needs, qualitative assessment through focus groups and interviews of families, feedback from family and professional advisory boards, and consultation with professionals implementing interventions with similar populations (e.g., families of children with very low birth weight). During Phase 2, the project develops the content and manual for the intervention modules, designs the online learning environment, and conducts intensive, iterative usability testing. Phase 3 involves a pilot of the GROW program with 20 families to evaluate its usability, acceptability, and qualitative and quantitative impact on stakeholder identified outcomes.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
The highly interactive GROW Program consists of 5 core modules and 1 optional, supplemental session. Each session is expected to take 15-20 minutes to complete, and at the end of each module, parents record a 5 minute "special play time" video interacting with their child to demonstrate the skills they learned in the session. Each online module is followed by a meeting with a trained therapist who will discuss their "special play time" video and the skills they are learning. Parents make their way through the 5 core modules sequentially before accessing the supplemental session that may be relevant to them.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression(CES-D) Scale Change
Measuring caregiver psychological distress, the CES-D consists of 20 items that are rated on a 4-point likert scale (from 1: rarely or none of the time to 4: most or all of the time). Scores range from zero to sixty. Higher scores indicated a higher frequency of depressive symptoms during the last week.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
Parenting Stress Index (PSI) Change
The study team used the 36 item short form PSI to measure caregiver stress. Using a 4-point likert scale, the stress scores range from 18 to 90, with lower scores indicating lower levels of parental stress.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System Change
The study team used only the Sleep, Stress, and Anxiety Measures which are rated on a 5-point likert scale. Each measure has a range in score from 7 to 35 with higher scores indicating greater severity.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
Family Burden of Injury Interview (FBII) Change
The FBII measures family burden. Open-ended answers are coded Yes/No and are given a stress rating of 0 (not at all)-5(extremely stressful). Caregiver responses are averaged to provide an index of injury-related family burden.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI) Change
Using the short form MB-CDIs to measure child language abilities, the scoring scale is a minimum of 0- maximum of 310 with greater scores showing better language abilities.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
Caregiver-Child Observation Change
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Using the Parent/Child Toy Play Ratings in the Play and Learning Strategies (PALS) manual, 6 domains (warmth, contingent responsiveness, demonstration/physical teaching, verbal stimulation/scaffolds, restrictions, and negativity/intrusiveness) are rated on scales of 1 to 5 with 1 being the worst rating and 5 being the best.
Time frame: Pre-Intervention and Immediately Post-Intervention
GROW Satisfaction Survey
Satisfaction with intervention measured in both 5-point likert scale ratings (with higher values showing greater satisfaction) and open-ended feedback about participant experience in the program.
Time frame: Immediately Post-Intervention
Background & Family Information Form
Demographics rehabilitation services
Time frame: Pre-Intervention