ArticleIranian journal of child neurology2020
The Effect of "Creating Opportunities for Parent Empowerment" Program on Parents of Children With Epilepsy and Other Chronic Neurological Conditions.
Article in Iranian journal of child neurology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.
- Supporting Children With a Chronic Disease and Their Parents When Admitted to Hospital: A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Supports.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2026Article
- Parental Educational Needs During the NICU Stay: Mothers' Perspectives.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The impact of nursing intervention on the care burden experienced by mothers of children with epilepsy: a family-centered empowerment model.BMC nursing · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesParents taking care of children with epilepsy experience stress in their daily lives, which enhances their anxiety, changes their function, and eventually increases their children's behavioral problems. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of creating opportunities for parent empowerment (COPE) program on parents of children with epilepsy or other chronic neurological conditions. MATERIAL &
methodsA quasi-experimental clinical trial was conducted on 88 mothers of hospitalized children with epilepsy aged 3 to 12 years. In the intervention group, the COPE program was conducted by the researcher in three phases and the usual care
resultsResults of the present study showed that the effect of time and group-time interaction on the state anxiety and trait anxiety was significant in the intervention group; however, the effect of time was not significant in the usual care group (
conclusionsThe results of the current study indicated the positive effect of the COPE program on the anxiety of parents of children with epilepsy. Since this technique is non-pharmacological, convenient, easy-to-apply, and cost-effective, it can be used to reduce the parents' anxiety.
Indexed as
Identifiers
32021630PMC6956967W2997155945What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.