ACT Combined Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents With Autistic Children

Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) Combined With Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents With Autistic Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06348992
• Other study ID #: HMUDQ20240318001
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2024
• Source: Harbin Medical University
• Contact: Jiayi Chen, Master
• Phone: 15765962070
• Email: cjy071949[@]163.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

OBJECTIVE: To explore the intervention effect of ACT combined with a yoga intervention program on parenting burnout in parents with ASD. METHODS: This study used a combination of qualitative research and quantitative analysis to examine the intervention effects of an ACT-centered intervention program on parenting burnout in parents of children with ASD, and to clarify the evaluations and perceptions of parents with ASD about the research program through qualitative research. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To clarify the intervention effect of ACT combined with yoga intervention program on parenting burnout of ASD parents.

Description:

This study will focus on parents of children with ASD, and through literature review, intervention research, qualitative research, and other methods, based on PRO, adopt acceptance commitment therapy as the core intervention program to explore the improvement of parenting burnout, stress level and quality of life of parents, to enhance the psychological flexibility of parents with ASD, so that parents can positively cope with negative emotions and adverse events in life, and to promote the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of child care, so as to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD, and to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD. The program promotes the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of care for their children, thereby enhancing the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parents of children diagnosed with ASD based on DSM-5
• Parental burnout exists in parents
• Parents have normal speech, hearing and cognitive functioning
• Is the primary caregiver for children
• Informed consent and voluntary participation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Untreated ongoing or severe psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, etc.;
• other more serious psychosomatic disorders that would interfere with the intervention.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Burnout, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga
The intervention used a combination of online and offline methods, based on ACT, supplemented by hatha yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used the combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online hatha yoga training, and the control group used mental health education, so as to explore and validate the effect of ACT combined with yoga on the improvement of parental parental burnout in children with ASD. The offline ACT psychological intervention was implemented by the researchers and psychologists, and the ACT psychological intervention was carried out once a week in community health centers or hospitals for 8 weeks. Online, a WeChat group was set up for parents with ASD, and Hatha Yoga training content and videos were sent to the group chat, and the researchers and volunteers supervised the training and clocking in and out of the group, three times a week.
• Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group
The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Harbin Medical University Hospital	Daqing	None Selected

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harbin Medical University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Measuring parental Burnout Levels	Developed by Roskam et al. to assess parenting burnout levels. There are 23 items in the scale, which are divided into four dimensions: the sense of exhaustion of the parental role, the boredom of the parental role, the emotional alienation from the children, and the self-comparison with the previous parental role. Scores range from 23-161. Higher scores indicate higher levels of parental burnout.	3 months
Primary	Measuring parenting stress Levels	The scale consists of 15 items divided into three dimensions: parenting distress (items 1-5), dysfunctional parent-child interactions (items 6-10), and difficult child characteristics (items 11-15). The total score ranges from 15 to 75, with higher scores indicating more severe parenting stress.	3 months
Secondary	Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System adult profile-57, PROMIS-57	VIII. Patient Self-Report PROMIS-57 This 57-item scale includes seven subscales on physical functioning (1-8 items), anxiety (9-16 items), depression (17-24 items), fatigue (25-32 items), sleep status (33-40 items), ability to assume social roles and participate in social activities (41-48 items), and the effects of pain (49-57 items).	3 months
Secondary	Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, MOS SF-36	The scale, revised by Sun Yat-sen Medical University, is an internationally recognized universal quality of life evaluation scale with high reliability and validity. The scale has a total of 36 items, which are divided into 8 dimensions of quality of life, including physiological function, physiological function, physical pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional function, and mental health.	3 months
Secondary	Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, AAQ-II	The scale consists of 7 entries with a total score of 7-49, and the scores are summed so that the higher the score, the higher the level of empirical avoidance.	3 months
Secondary	Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire,CFQ-F	Contains 9 entries with a total score of 9-63; the higher the total CFQ-F score, the higher the level of cognitive integration.	3 months