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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/07/091274 [Registered on: 21/07/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 19/07/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Process of Care Changes
Other (Specify) [Integrated program]  
Study Design  Non-randomized, Active Controlled Trial 
Public Title of Study   Effectiveness of Integrated Program upon Parental Competency and Clinical Outcomes of Children Undergoing Surgery. 
Scientific Title of Study   Effectiveness of Integrated Program upon Parental Competency and Clinical Outcomes of Children undergoing Surgery 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Joselin Anna Bel P C 
Designation  Reader  
Affiliation  Apollo College of Nursing 
Address  Academic Block I IV floor Room No 37 Child Health Nursing Department Apollo College of Nursing Vanagaram to Ambattur Main road Ayanambakkam Chaennai 600095

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600095
India 
Phone  8903114001  
Fax    
Email  pcjoselin@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Nesa Sathya Satchi 
Designation  Principal 
Affiliation  Apollo College of Nursing 
Address  Academic Block I Ground Floor Room No 14 Apollo College of Nursing Vanagaram to Ambattur Main road Ayanambakkam Chennai 600095

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600095
India 
Phone  8973977910  
Fax    
Email  drnesasathya_s@apollohospitals.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Joselin Anna Bel PC 
Designation  Reader  
Affiliation  Apollo College of Nursing 
Address  Academic Block I IV floor Room No 37 Child Health Nursing Department Apollo College of Nursing Vanagaram to Ambattur Main road Ayanambakkam Chaennai 600095

Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600095
India 
Phone  8903114001  
Fax    
Email  pcjoselin@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Apollo Childrens Hospital 15 shafee mohammed road Thousand lights Chennai 600006 Tamil Nadu India 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Joselin Anna Bel P C 
Address  Apollo College of Nursing Vanagaram to Ambattur main road Ayanambakkam Chennai 
Type of Sponsor  Other [PhD Research Scholar Self] 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Joselin Anna Bel PC  Apollo Childrens Hospital  Inpatient Block II floor Room No 2 Nursing office 15 Shafee Mohammed Road Thousand light Chennai 600006
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
8903114001

pcjoselin@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 3  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
IEC of Apollo College of Nursing  Approved 
IEC of Apollo College of Nursing  Approved 
IEC of Apollo College of Nursing  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Comparator Agent  Integrated Program Routine care 15 minutes  It is a program to empower the parents and children on pre operative virtual operation theatre tour (VOT) and counselling the parents on post-operative care of children undergoing surgery which will be conducted during preoperative period for half an hour through various approaches lecture cum discussion using power point presentation video shows and demonstration of quality post operative care by parents of children undergoing surgery to improve their clinical outcomes.  
Intervention  Pre-operative Virtual OT Tour and Counselling 15 to 20 minutes  It refers to the orientation of parents and the child undergoing surgery to the Operation Theatre using video tapes. The video show is for about 7 minutes’ duration. It includes the Operation Theatre set-up as well as the health personnel who will take care of the child during and after surgery. Counselling the parents on postoperative care of children for about 15-20 minutes. It includes general information about the ICU care monitoring discomforts like pain & anxiety, play therapy, recognize the warning signs and complications after surgery, Health education, discharge and follow up of children after surgery.  
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Year(s)
Age To  12.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Children who were admitted preoperatively for elective surgeries
willing to participate in the study
Available at the time of data collection 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Children who are seriously ill
Posted for emergency surgery
Children who were physically or mentally challenged or with any developmental delay
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Coin toss, Lottery, toss of dice, shuffling cards etc 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To evaluate the effectiveness of the integrated program upon Parental Competency and clinical outcome of children   Day 1 Posttest 1 will be conducted to assess the pain
Day 4 of intervention posttest 2 will be conducted to assess the parental competency 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To determine the relationship between the outcome variables & parental competency
Association between selected background variables of parents & parental competency
Association between selected demographic & clinical variables of children undergoing Surgery & their clinical outcomes  
2 week after intervention Post-test 3 will be conducted to assess the competency & clinical outcomes of children readmissions postoperative complications discharge & follow up of children after surgery 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="220"
Sample Size from India="220" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "220"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="220" 
Phase of Trial   Phase 2/ Phase 3 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   04/08/2025 
Date of Study Completion (India) 20/12/2025 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Date Missing 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="6"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response (Others) -  NIL
  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 07-01-2025 and end date provided 07-12-2026?
    Response (Others) -  NIL

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - NIL
Brief Summary   An Evaluative Study to Determine the Effectiveness of Integrated Program (VOT and Counselling) upon Parental Competency and Clinical Outcomes of Children undergoing Surgery at Selected Hospitals, Chennai.
  
Primary Objectives 
1 To evaluate the effectiveness of Integrated Program upon Parental Competency in Postoperative care of children 
2 To evaluate the effectiveness of Integrated Program upon Clinical Outcomes of Children undergoing Surgery 
 Secondary Objectives
3 To determine the level of acceptability regarding Integrated Program among the experimental group of parents with children undergoing surgery.
4 To determine the relationship between the outcome variables and  parents’ knowledge and perceived parenting skills 
5 To determine the association between selected background variables of parents and parental competency on post-operative care of children among the control and experimental group. 
6 To determine the association between selected demographic and clinical variables of children undergoing Surgery and their clinical outcomes in the control and experimental group

Research Methodology
Research Approach
An evaluative approach will be used in this study
Research Design  
Children C
 Control Group               O1 C        -        O 2 C         O3 C        
Experimental Group      O1 C        X       O 2 C          O3 C
Parent P

Control Group           O1 P          -        O3 P          O4 P 

 Experimental Group     O1 P          X      O3 P          O4 P

Children (C)

O1 C - Pre-test to assess the anxiety of children in control and experimental group of children undergoing surgery. 

X – Integrated Program on pre-operative virtual operation theatre tour (VOT).   

 O2 C - Post-test 1 will be conducted on POD 1 to assess the clinical outcomes of children (pain)

O3 C – After 4 days of intervention post-test 2 will be conducted to assess the clinical outcomes (duration of hospital stay, parent and child satisfaction).

 

Parents (P)                                                     

O1 P - Pre-test to assess the knowledge of parents on Post-operative care in control and experimental group of children and parents of children undergoing surgery. 

X – Integrated Program on pre-operative virtual operation theatre tour (VOT) and Counselling on post-operative care of children undergoing surgery. Counselling the parents on postoperative care of children for about 15- 20 minutes. 

O3 P –After 4 days of intervention post-test 2 will be conducted to assess the competency  on post-operative care of children.

O4 P - After two week of intervention post-test 3 will be conducted to assess the competency and clinical outcomes of children (readmissions & post-operative complications, discharge and follow up of children after surgery). 


 
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