Training Parents of Children With ADHD by Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Reducing Stress

Stress, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme for Parents of Children With ADHD: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06210113
• Other study ID #: HSEARS S20211015010
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study aimed at comparing the effects of 8-week MBSR programme intervention group with usual care group in reducing parental stress and improving quality of life of parents of children with ADHD in Chinese culture.

Description:

This study aimed at comparing the effects of 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention with usual care in improving the parental stress, quality of life, and the feasibility and acceptability of MBSR of parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Chinese context after the coronavirus disease pandemic.

This study was designed as a pilot randomised controlled trial with single-blind repeated measures. By using convenience sampling, 36 parents of children with ADHD were recruited from the Parent Resource Centre of The Salvation Army (Centre), a Non-government Organization in Hong Kong, between July to August 2022. Centre staff invited parents of children aged 3-12 diagnosed with ADHD who can communicate and understand Cantonese to participate. Parents who had physical or severe intellectual disabilities, mental disorders or received any form of psychological intervention or psychiatric services were excluded from this study. All eligible parents were randomized to either the intervention group (n=18) or the usual care group (control) (n=18).

Parents assigned to the intervention group received the MBSR programme and usual services from the Centre. MBSR had eight weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each, plus a whole day retreat in small groups between session 6 and 7. The usual care group remained with usual support from the Centre, with interest activities such as cooking classes or calligraphy classes, but without any other form of intervention during this period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: January 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: January 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• parents who have a child aged 3-12 with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD with or without medications

• able to communicate and understand Cantonese

Exclusion Criteria:

• having physical disabilities or severe intellectual impairments

• any forms of mental disorders

• receiving any other form of psychological intervention, behavioural treatment, or psychiatric services

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction
An 8-week Mindfulness-based stress reduction training programme

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Hong Kong	The Salvation Army - Hong Kong and Macau Command	Hong Kong

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Hong Kong, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Self-report of parental stress	self-report of parental stress as measured by Parental Stress Scale (score range from 1-90. The higher the score, the higher the stress level)	immediate after intervention
Primary	self-report perceived stress	self-report perceived stress as measured by Perceived Stress Scale (score range from 0-56. The higher the score, the higher the stress level)	immediate after intervention
Secondary	self-report mindfulness in parenting	Parental self-reports of adopting mindful parenting strategies as measured by Interpersonal mindfulness in Parenting (Score range from 1-155. The higher score means adopted more mindful in parenting)	At one month after intervention
Secondary	Parent reports of children's ADHD behaviors in the past 6 months	parent reports of children's ADHD symptoms by using the Strengths and Weakness of ADHD symptoms and normal behavior rating scales (score range from +3 far below average to -3 far above average)	At one month after intervention
Secondary	self-report quality of life	self-report to access perception of quality of life in four domains including physical, psychological, social relationships and general health (score range from 0 - 100. A higher score indicated a better quality of life)	At one month after intervention