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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced access to childcare, money- and health-related worries and extended confinement and social isolation have placed great pressure on many families. There is evidence that many parents in the UK have struggled to manage their children's behaviour. For instance, Co-SPACE, an ongoing UK-wide study led by the University of Oxford, found a significant increase in parents reporting behavioural problems in children and an increase in family-related stress in response to various local and national lockdowns. Co-SPACE has also found up to 70% of parents reported wanting additional support. The SPARKLE (Supporting Parents and Kids through Lockdown Experiences) study aims to address this pressing need. SPARKLE is a rapid-deployment randomised controlled trial evaluating whether a digital public health parenting intervention can help parents to manage their children's behaviour problems, as impacted by the COVID-19 UK pandemic and lockdowns. We aim to evaluate whether the negative effects of the pandemic can by reversed by providing parenting advice digitally, using a specially-designed app, Parent Positive. The Parent Positive app will provide advice to parents through animations, delivering messages carefully selected by parents and experts in the field. The messages will be supplemented with practical parenting resources and an opportunity to network with other parents for peer support. The animations are light-hearted, humorous and non-judgmental and are delivered by eight high-profile celebrities who are also parents. The SPARKLE study will involve 616 Co-SPACE parents, half of whom will receive access to the Parent Positive app and half who won't.


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NCT number NCT04786080
Study type Interventional
Source King's College London
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date May 19, 2021
Completion date January 5, 2022

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