Empowering Families in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery: A RAM-Based Approach
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Cukurova University
- Where
- Türkiye2 sites in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 80 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Jun 2026
- Expected to end
- 15 Jun 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- RAM-based Nursing Empowerment Program
- Routine Care and Educational Booklet
- Record updated
- 12 May 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 1 year to 3 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Families who agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent form
- Families of children aged 1-3 years in the preoperative period who are scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery due to congenital heart disease
- Families who do not speak or read Turkish but will undergo cardiac surgery due to congenital heart disease will also be included in the study with the assistance of an interpreter
- Families who are over 18 years of age and have access to a mobile phone or internet at home
Who cannot take part
- Exclusion criteria include the presence of additional congenital malformations, dysmorphic syndromes, chromosomal or endocrine disorders, severe infection, hypothyroidism, or any similar conditions that could lead to growth and developmental delay in the child, alongside congenital heart disease
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 1 and 3 years old?
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About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The purpose of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a nursing support program designed for families of children aged 1 to 3 years who have undergone heart surgery. This program aims to improve parents' caregiving skills and support the healthy growth of their children.
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The primary questions the study aims to answer are:
Does the nursing program positively affect the physical growth of children, such as their height and weight?
Does the program improve children's scores on general development tests (Denver II)?
Do parents' attitudes toward child feeding and their confidence in parenting skills increase?
Researchers will divide participants into two groups:
Experimental Group: Families who participate in the nursing education program and receive an informative booklet.
Control Group: Families who only receive an informative booklet and continue with routine hospital follow-ups.
The researchers will compare these two groups to see if participating in the nursing program leads to better results for the children's development and the families' skills.
Participants will be asked to:
Attend 5 different education and counseling sessions, starting one week before surgery and continuing until the child reaches 1 year of follow-up.
Meet with the researcher at specific intervals (at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months) for one year to monitor the child's development (height, weight, head circumference) and skills.
Complete surveys regarding child feeding attitudes and parenting skills at the 6th and 12th month follow-ups.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Experimental GroupTreatment being tested
Families of children aged 1-3 who participate in the RAM-based nursing empowerment program
Treatment: RAM-based Nursing Empowerment Program
- Control GroupExisting treatment, for comparison
Families who receive routine care and the informative booklet
Treatment: Routine Care and Educational Booklet
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
- Evaluation of a Nursing Program Based on Roy's Adaptation Model for Empowering Families of Children Aged 1 to 3 Years Post-Cardiac Surgery
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07575451, who can take part
- Record updated
- 12 May 2026