UMIN-CTR Clinical Trial

Unique ID issued by UMIN UMIN000058034
Receipt number R000066333
Scientific Title PARENTAL STRESS IN A TERTIARY PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Date of disclosure of the study information 2025/05/31
Last modified on 2025/05/31 16:34:20

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Basic information

Public title

Parental stress scale in PICU

Acronym

PSS:PICU

Scientific Title

PARENTAL STRESS IN A TERTIARY PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY

Scientific Title:Acronym

PSS:PICU

Region

Asia(except Japan)


Condition

Condition

Parental stress level assessment based on PS::PICU scale

Classification by specialty

Pediatrics

Classification by malignancy

Others

Genomic information

NO


Objectives

Narrative objectives1

To assess stress levels of parents of children admitted to PICU.

Basic objectives2

Others

Basic objectives -Others

To study the relationship of socioeconomic factors, demographic variables and illness levels with parental stress levels

Trial characteristics_1


Trial characteristics_2


Developmental phase



Assessment

Primary outcomes

To assess stress levels of parents of children admitted to PICU using PSS:PICU scale.

Key secondary outcomes

To identify common parental stressors during their child's critical illness.
To study the relationship of socioeconomic factors, demographic variables and illness levels with parental stress levels


Base

Study type

Observational


Study design

Basic design


Randomization


Randomization unit


Blinding


Control


Stratification


Dynamic allocation


Institution consideration


Blocking


Concealment



Intervention

No. of arms


Purpose of intervention


Type of intervention


Interventions/Control_1


Interventions/Control_2


Interventions/Control_3


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Interventions/Control_5


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Interventions/Control_10



Eligibility

Age-lower limit

2 months-old <=

Age-upper limit

18 years-old >

Gender

Male and Female

Key inclusion criteria

Children 2 months to 18 years old admitted in PICU for atleast 24 hours

Key exclusion criteria

Children who sustained cardiac arrest during current admission or prior to PICU admission

Target sample size

250


Research contact person

Name of lead principal investigator

1st name Mullai
Middle name
Last name Baalaaji

Organization

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

Division name

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Zip code

641014

Address

Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, India

TEL

(+91)9855050822

Email

drmullaibaalaaji@gmail.com


Public contact

Name of contact person

1st name Mullai
Middle name
Last name Baalaaji

Organization

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

Division name

Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Zip code

641014

Address

Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, India

TEL

(+91)9855050822

Homepage URL


Email

drmullaibaalaaji@gmail.com


Sponsor or person

Institute

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital, Coimbatore

Institute

Department

Personal name



Funding Source

Organization

None

Organization

Division

Category of Funding Organization

Self funding

Nationality of Funding Organization



Other related organizations

Co-sponsor


Name of secondary funder(s)



IRB Contact (For public release)

Organization

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital

Address

Avinashi Road, Coimbatore, India

Tel

(+91)9855050822

Email

drmullaibaalaaji@gmail.com


Secondary IDs

Secondary IDs

NO

Study ID_1


Org. issuing International ID_1


Study ID_2


Org. issuing International ID_2


IND to MHLW



Institutions

Institutions



Other administrative information

Date of disclosure of the study information

2025 Year 05 Month 31 Day


Related information

URL releasing protocol

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lvzum42Gyp1Lzkl24jELCcBPlGI_voUr/edit

Publication of results

Unpublished


Result

URL related to results and publications

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lvzum42Gyp1Lzkl24jELCcBPlGI_voUr/edit

Number of participants that the trial has enrolled

249

Results

Parental stress was moderate. There was significant association among those with respiratory distress cardiorespiratory failure and parent stress scale. Significant association was seen for hemodynamic support invasive illness and maximum respiratory support and parent stress scale.

Results date posted

2025 Year 05 Month 31 Day

Results Delayed


Results Delay Reason


Date of the first journal publication of results


Baseline Characteristics

Majority of the parental age belonged to 36 to 40 years and of male gender.
Majority of the children admitted in PICU belonged to the age group of 1 to 10 years and male gender. The median length of stay in PICU and ward was 3 days.

Participant flow

Number screened - 415
Number included - 249

Adverse events

None

Outcome measures

There was no significant association between demographic, family profile and parent stress scale. Significant association was seen between patients referred from outside, admitted elsewhere for current illness and parent stress scale.
There was significant association among those with respiratory distress, cardiorespiratory failure and parent stress scale. Significant association was seen for hemodynamic support, invasive illness and maximum respiratory support and parent stress scale.

Plan to share IPD


IPD sharing Plan description



Progress

Recruitment status

Completed

Date of protocol fixation

2019 Year 09 Month 09 Day

Date of IRB

2019 Year 09 Month 17 Day

Anticipated trial start date

2020 Year 01 Month 01 Day

Last follow-up date

2020 Year 12 Month 31 Day

Date of closure to data entry


Date trial data considered complete


Date analysis concluded



Other

Other related information

There was no significant association between demographic, family profile and parent stress scale. Significant association was seen between patients referred from outside, admitted elsewhere for current illness and parent stress scale.
There was significant association among those with respiratory distress, cardiorespiratory failure and parent stress scale. Significant association was seen for hemodynamic support, invasive illness and maximum respiratory support and parent stress scale.


Management information

Registered date

2025 Year 05 Month 31 Day

Last modified on

2025 Year 05 Month 31 Day



Link to view the page

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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000066333