PACT Programme for Parents of Children With SHCN

Summary

This randomised controlled trial aims to determine the efficacy of a 12-week, smartphone-based Prosocial-orientated Acceptance and Commitment Training (PACT) programme plus age-appropriate positive parenting advice on the psychological flexibility, prosociality, parenting competence and family functioning with parents of children with special health care needs as well as the mental well-being of parent-child dyads over 12 months follow-up.

Conditions

• Urologic Diseases
• Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Vascular Diseases
• Cleft Lip and Palate
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Developmental Delay

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prosocial-orientated Acceptance and Commitment Training plus positive parenting advice

The PACT group will receive a combination of 6 online modules and 4 group-based video conferencing sessions of Prosocial-orientated Acceptance and Commitment Training plus positive parenting advice via a mobile app across 12 weeks. The modules will cover real-life scenarios of daily parenting challenges in caring for a child with SHCN, followed by age-appropriate positive parenting advice based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. After going through the scenarios, parents will be audio/visually guided to participate in ACT activities, including mindfulness exercises, ACT metaphors and experiential exercises, which will be used to increase psychological flexibility.

BEHAVIORAL

Positive parenting advice

The Control Group will receive a total of 6 online modules and 4 group-based video conferencing sessions in a closed group of 6-8, 60 minutes per session guided by a trained facilitator via the mobile app across 12 weeks. The online modules will provide identical contents to those in the PACT group, but no guided ACT metaphors or experiential exercises. The interaction sessions serve to review and discuss the contents of online modules, but without the contents related to ACT/prosociality.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hong Kong Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Hong Kong Young Women's Christian Association

  collaborator OTHER

• Chinese University of Hong Kong

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Yuen Yu Chong, PhD · Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

TRIPLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

21 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-06-27

Primary Completion

2025-11-30

Completion

2025-12-31

Countries

• Hong Kong

Study Locations