Pai.ACT Programme for Parents of Children With Special Healthcare Needs - Phase I
Recruiting · NCT05584059 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
What this trial is about
This study aims to determine the feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of an individual, video-conferencing based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) on the mental well-being of parents of children with Special Health Care Needs(SHCN). The study also aims to explore the experience of parents after participating in the individual-based FACT sessions offered by the trained FACT interventionists.
Who can take part
Age range
21 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents
- living together with the child who is at preschool/school-age (3-9 years old)
- adopt the responsibility of taking care of the child,
- has daily access to their iPhone and Android smartphones.
- 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 (see https://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/cshcn/technical-summary-of-cshcn-screener.pdf) 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 severe mental illness or developmental disabilities which impaired their ability to comprehend the content of the programme will be excluded.
Where it is running
5 locations listed.
- Hong Kong Christian Service - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong School Nurse Association - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association - Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service - Hong Kong, Hong Kong