The empowerment of families raising children with disabilities (CWD) is crucial in maintaining their health. We developed an evidence-based, family empowerment intervention program focusing on social resource utilization and reducing care burden.
This study aimed to determine the program's effectiveness in promoting family empowerment.
We compared an intervention group that started the online intervention program a week after initial evaluation and a group that received delayed intervention (waitlist-controlled group) at three time points: initial (T1), post-course (T2), and follow-up (T3). The required sample size was 52.
There were 60 participants who applied to the program. One participant dropped out due to scheduling issues, and the others were assigned to either the intervention group (
The developed intervention program promotes family empowerment in families of CWD.
This study is registered as a clinical trial in the UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (