Pai.ACT Programme for Parents of Children With Special Healthcare Needs - Phase I
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Development Delay, Chronic Disease
In brief
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.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05584059
- Run by
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- People needed
- 150
- Starts
- 2022-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2025-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2025-08-11
Who can join
Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- 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.
You may not qualify if…
- 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
- Hong Kong Christian Service — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Hong Kong School Nurse Association — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
- Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service — Hong Kong, Hong Kong (enrolling)
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