Author/Authors :
Nobakht, zahra Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center - University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. , Rassafiani, mehdi Occupational Therapy Department - Faculty of Allied Health Sciences - Kuwait University, Kuwait. Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran , hosseini, Ali Social Determinants of Health Research Center andOccupational Therapy Department - University of Social Welfare andRehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Caregivers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) have to spend a long time
to take care of their children. We aimed to develop a user-friendly webbased
intervention for training parents of children with CP and evaluate the
process of development using modified CeHRes roadmap.
Materials & Methods
The study was conducted from September 2016 to September 2017
in Tehran, Iran. We did it in four main steps including determining the
needs of users, content development, design, operational development and
evaluation.
Results
The website for caregiver training provided nine general topics and had the
possibility that the caregivers could determine their educational priorities.
Moreover, the users could share their experiences with other users and
could ask questions from an expert. Ten caregivers completed a usability
questionnaire after four weeks of use. The average score of 70.5 out of
100 was shown among caregivers. The average score of all statements was
above three on a Likert scale between 1 and 5.
Conclusion
The website has the possibilities including registering caregivers of
children with CP, the possibility to confirm registration with an SMS and
the possibility to determine the caregiver educational priorities. It has the
usability for training caregivers of children with CP.
