New caregiver questionnaire to assess hip pain in children with quadriplegia
Develops and tests a caregiver questionnaire on hip pain in children with quadriplegia.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Azienda USL Reggio Emilia - IRCCS
- Where
- Italy2 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Development and Validation of a New Questionnaire for Caregivers to Assess Hip Pain in Quadriplegic Pediatric Patients: Non-Ambulatory Hip Pain Questionnaire
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 17 Jul 2024
- Expected to end
- Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Non-Ambulatory Hip Pain questionnaire
- Record updated
- 7 May 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children and young people with quadriplegia (all four limbs affected) who cannot easily move or communicate. Their caregivers fill out a new questionnaire about hip pain.
- Age
- 1 Year to 20 Years
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Quadriplegia with movement level GMFCS IV-V (very limited or no walking) and communication level CFCS III-V (limited communication).
Main reasons for not taking part
- Caregivers who do not speak Italian or English cannot join
- People who do not sign the consent form cannot join
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- GMFCS IV-V
- CFCS III-V
- subscription of consent
Who cannot take part
- care givers not speaking Italian or English
Check if you might fit
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- Are you between 1 and 20 years old?
This trial has no sites in United States.
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is twofold:
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1. to develop a questionnaire for care givers to assess hip pain in quadriplegic pediatric patients who are not able to communicate it independently 2. to validate this questionnaire in a cohort of 100 pediatric patients with quadriplegia
Researchers will :
1. involve 10 experts (8 multiprofessional clinicians and 2 parents) in a Delphi approach to develop the questionnaire 2. assess construct validity and reliability of the questionnaire submitting it to 100 care givers of pediatric patients with quadriplegia, and comparing results with the Revised Face Legs Activity Cry and Consolability (r-FLACC) Scale assessed by the physiatrist during the visit
Participants will:
1. as experts, firstly answer open questions on this topic, secondly evaluate each item of the new questionnaire by means of a 5-point Liekert scale 2. as caregivers of pediatric patients with quadriplegia, fill out the questionnaire within 2 weeks after the visit
The group in the trial
- patients with quadriplegiaTreatment being tested
Care givers of patients with quadriplegia will fill out a questionnaire aimed at identifying hip pain
Treatment: Non-Ambulatory Hip Pain questionnaire
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Development and Validation of a New Questionnaire for Caregivers to Assess Hip Pain in Quadriplegic Pediatric Patients: Non-Ambulatory Hip Pain Questionnaire
- Plain-language title
- New caregiver questionnaire to assess hip pain in children with quadriplegiaGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06798233, who can take part
- Record updated
- 7 May 2026