Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Trial
Official title:
Videoconferencing-based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs: A Non-randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial
The purpose of the proposed non-randomized waitlist-controlled design study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of using a Videoconferencing-based Individual Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) approach to enhance the mental well-being of parents of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) over a three-month period after the intervention has taken place.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 104 |
Est. completion date | March 14, 2025 |
Est. primary completion date | March 14, 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 21 Years and older |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents aged =21 years; - living together with the child who is at preschool/school-age (3-9 years old); - adopt the responsibility of taking care of the child; - access to reliable Internet access via either computers and/or smartphones and be committed to maintaining internet access for the duration of the intervention In addition, potential eligible parents who respond "yes" to any of the five validated screening questions in the Children with Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) Screener will then be asked the associated follow-up questions to determine whether the child possesses physical, neurodevelopmental/emotional problem(s) that has lasted for at least 12 months. Only children with a positive response(s) to = 1 item in each of the associated follow-up questions will be classified as children with SHCN Exclusion Criteria: - Parents with cognitive deficiency, severe mental illness and/or disability conditions that interfere with their ability to comprehend the programme's content - had substance/alcohol dependency problems, - are pregnant; - are less than six months postpartum |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Hong Kong | Hong Kong Christian Service | Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups | Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association | Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service | Hong Kong | |
Hong Kong | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Sha Tin |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong Christian Service, Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association, Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service |
Hong Kong,
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Parental depressive symptoms | The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9, 9-item, 4-point Likert scale) will be used to assess the frequency of the parents experiencing depressive symptoms in the past two weeks. The Chinese version of the PHQ-9 has demonstrated good internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.86) and test-retest correlation coefficient. | Change from baseline assessment to immediate and 3 months post-intervention | |
Primary | Parental anxiety symptoms | The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7, 7-item, 4-point Likert scale) will be used to measure the severity of anxiety symptoms. The Chinese version of the GAD-7 demonstrated good reliability and validity with a Cronbach's coefficient of 0.91. | Change from baseline assessment to immediate and 3 months post-intervention | |
Primary | Parental Stress | The Parental Stress Scale (PSS, 18-item, 5-point scale) will assess parenting stress. A higher score represents a higher level of parental stress. The Chinese version of the PSS has demonstrated acceptable psychometric properties and is therefore suitable for use by researchers to assess the parental stress levels of Chinese parents. | Change from baseline assessment to immediate and 3 months post-intervention | |
Secondary | Parental Psychological Flexibility | The PsyFlex (5-point Likert scale, 6 items) will be used to assess the six therapeutic processes in ACT, namely contacting the present moment, defusion, acceptance, self-as-context, values and committed action. | Change from baseline assessment to immediate and 3 months post-intervention |
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