Covid-19 Pandemic and Cerebral Palsy
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Caregiver Quality of Life
- Cerebral Palsy
- COVID-19
- Disability, Developmental
- Telemedicine
- Type
- Observational
- Design
- Observational Model: Case-OnlyTime Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 3 years and 18 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
Telemedicine is an application that provides remote healthcare services. Telemedicine method has been reported to be useful in chronic conditions such as cerebral palsy (CP). Patients with CP need regular follow-up, regular physiotherapy, orthosis use, using of antispasmodic drugs, repeated botulinu...
Telemedicine is an application that provides remote healthcare services. Telemedicine method has been reported to be useful in chronic conditions such as cerebral palsy (CP). Patients with CP need regular follow-up, regular physiotherapy, orthosis use, using of antispasmodic drugs, repeated botulinum toxin applications or intrathecal baclofen to reduce spasticity and increase functionality. During the Covid-19 pandemic period, these patients could not come to their controls due to reasons such as difficulty in reaching the doctor, fear of infection transmission, could not continue physiotherapy, repeated botulinum toxin applications could not be performed and necessary operations could not be performed. In this cross sectional study, investigator aimed to analyzed the effect of Covid-19 pandemic on the physical-psychosocial and cognitive state of the children, to benefit form the health, education services and the caregiver's quality of life with telemedicine.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04686565
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Damla Cankurtaran, MD Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital Study Director: Ece uNLU aKYUZ, Assoc Prof. Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital Study Chair: Nihal Tezel, MD Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital