Are care-recipient outcomes attributable to improved caregiver well-being? A cluster-randomized controlled trial of benefit-finding intervention

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheung-Tak Cheng ◽  
Wai Chi Chan ◽  
Linda C. W Lam
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Benefit Finding ◽  
Care Recipient ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cluster Randomized

scholarly journals Reducing physical and emotional violence by teachers using the intervention Interaction Competencies with Children – for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol of a multi-country cluster randomized controlled trial in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Scharpf ◽  
Anette Kirika ◽  
Faustine Bwire Masath ◽  
Getrude Mkinga ◽  
Joseph Ssenyonga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Outcome Measures ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Secondary Outcome ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract Background Violence has severe and long-lasting negative consequences for children’s and adolescents’ well-being and psychosocial functioning, thereby also hampering communities’ and societies’ economic growth. Positive attitudes towards violence and the lack of access to alternative non-violent strategies are likely to contribute to the high levels of teachers’ ongoing use of violence against children in sub-Saharan African countries. Notwithstanding, there are currently very few school-level interventions to reduce violence by teachers that a) have been scientifically evaluated and b) that focus both on changing attitudes towards violence and on equipping teachers with non-violent discipline strategies. Thus, the present study tests the effectiveness of the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children – for Teachers (ICC-T) in primary and secondary schools in Tanzania, Uganda, and Ghana. Methods The study is a multi-site cluster randomized controlled trial with schools (clusters) as level of randomization and three data assessment points: baseline assessment prior to the intervention, the first follow-up assessment 6 months after the intervention and the second follow-up assessment 18 months after the intervention. Multi-stage random sampling will be applied to select a total number of 72 schools (24 per country). Schools will be randomly allocated to the intervention and the control condition after baseline. At each school, 40 students (stratified by gender) in the third year of primary school or in the first year of secondary/junior high school and all teachers (expected average number: 20) will be recruited. Thus, the final sample will comprise 2880 students and at least 1440 teachers. Data will be collected using structured clinical interviews. Primary outcome measures are student- and teacher-reported physical and emotional violence by teachers in the past week. Secondary outcome measures include children’s emotional and behavioral problems, quality of life, cognitive functioning, academic performance, school attendance and social competence. Data will be analyzed using multilevel analyses. Discussion This study aims to provide further evidence for the effectiveness of ICC-T to reduce teacher violence and to improve children’s functioning (i.e., mental health, well-being, academic performance) across educational settings, societies and cultures. Trial registration The trial was registered at clinicaltrials.org under the ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT04948580 on July 2, 2021.

175-LB: Effect of a Telemedicine Diabetic Foot Ulcer Intervention on Health and Well-Being: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Diabetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 175-LB
Author(s):  
MARJOLEIN MEMELINK IVERSEN ◽  
JANNICKE IGLAND ◽  
HILDE SMITH-STRøM ◽  
TRULS OSTBYE ◽  
GRETHE S. TELL ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Diabetic Foot ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Foot Ulcer ◽  
Diabetic Foot Ulcer ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Cluster Randomized ◽  
Health And Well Being
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