KOPPeling: Help From Your Own Circle

Summary

The goal of this randomized clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of the KOPPeling intervention that aims at unburdening COPMI (Children Of Parents with a Mental Illness). COPMI are at risk of overtaking the tasks of their parents when their parents are unable to fulfil such due to their psychiatric condition. By overtaking tasks and the urge to always take care of their parents, COPMI often do not participate in outdoor activities, which are necessary for their socio-emotional development. Moreover, insufficient socio-emotional development and parentification are risk factors for the development of psychiatric conditions.

KOPPeling is an intervention for COPMI families that focuses on activating the social networks of the families. Within KOPPeling, a strategic plan will be developed and carried out with the goal of receiving support from the social network that will overtake tasks of the family to unburden COPMI.

This study aims to answer the following questions:

1. To what extent does KOPPeling lead to an increase in Quality of Life (QoL) among COPMI?
2. To what extent does KOPPeling lead to an increase in mental health among COPMI?
3. To what extent does KOPPeling lead to a reduction of parenting stress among COPMI parents?
4. To what extent does KOPPeling lead to an increase in outdoor activities among COPMI?
5. How does KOPPeling affect the feelings of guilt of COPMI when engaging in outdoor activities?
6. What pre-conditions are needed to make KOPPeling widely applicable?
7. What are the long-term effects of KOPPeling on the QoL and psychological problems among COPMI and parental stress among COPMI parents?

Participants will participate in the ten-to-twelve-week long KOPPeling intervention. Researchers will compare the intervention group with a waiting list control group to test the effect of KOPPeling on the QoL and mental health of COPMI and parental stress of parents.

Conditions

• Children of Parents With a Mental Illness (COPMI)

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

KOPPeling

KOPPeling lasts ten to twelve weeks and will be administered by health care professionals.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Accare

  collaborator OTHER

• WIJ Groningen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• GGZ Friesland

  collaborator OTHER

• Amaryllis Leeuwarden

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hanzehogeschool Groningen

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Lentis

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Medical Center Groningen

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Frederike Jörg, Dr. · University Medical Center Groningen

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-23

Primary Completion

2026-08-31

Completion

2026-08-31

Countries

• Netherlands

Study Locations