title: Internet-based information and support program for parents of children with burns: A randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the feasibility and effects of an internet-based information and self-help program with therapist contact for parents of children and adolescents with burns. The program aimed to reduce parents' symptoms of general and posttraumatic stress.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were parents of children treated for burns between 2009-2013 at either of the two specialized Swedish Burn centers. Sixty-two parents were included in a two-armed, randomized controlled trial with a six-week intervention group and a wait-list control group, including a pre and post-assessment, as well as a 3 and 12-month follow-up. The intervention contained psychoeducation, exercises and homework assignments, and the intervention group received weekly written feedback from a therapist. The main outcome was stress (post-traumatic stress, general stress and parental stress).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The program had a beneficial effect on posttraumatic stress in the short term, but did not affect general stress or parental stress. The parents rated the program as being informative and meaningful, but some of them thought it was time-consuming.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program has the potential to support parents of children with burns. The intervention is easily accessible, cost-effective and could be implemented in burn care rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: Josefin.Sveen@neuro.uu.se.
authors.forename: Josefin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sveen
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buhrman
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Folke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sjöberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mimmie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Willebrand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002053:Burn Units; D002056:Burns; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013548:Sweden; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D014850:Waiting Lists
keywords: Burns; Child; Internet interventions; Parent; Psychological; Randomized controlled trial; iCBT