Effect of a Tele-rehabilitation Programme in Children With Burns: a Randomized Controlled Trial
LIAO Peng
44 participants
Nov 14, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare tele-rehabilitation and routine post-discharge rehabilitation in children with burn injuries. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is tele-rehabilitation better for improving the quality and outcomes of care for burn children? * Is tele-rehabilitation more effective in improving scar management in children with burns injuries? * Is tele-rehabilitation more effective in improving perceived stress in parents of children with burns injuries?
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria5
- Child suffered from burn injury 3-6 years old and had survived the burn event.
- The burn severity quantified by the total body surface area（TBSA）burned is equal or more than 1%.
- TBSA burned is the estimated proportion of the body with second or third degree burns.
- Burns involving neck, trunk，limbs and face.
- Only Chinese parents will be recruited.
Exclusion Criteria6
- Insufficient parental Chinese language proficiency required to complete questionnaires.
- Parents cannot use social software (such as WeChat, QQ, etc.) for video, picture, and text communication after discharge.
- The main caregiver is someone other than the parents.
- Children did not live at home with their parents, such as hospitalization, boarding school, etc.
- Children who are receiving rehabilitation treatment.
- Children who have other severe disease, like cerebral palsy.
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Interventions
Using the social networking tool WeChat, families of children with burns are educated and trained through texts, photos, voice messages, and live videos, twice a week for a total of 12 weeks
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NCT06386549