Internet-delivered ACT (I-Navigator ACT) for Parents of Children With Disabilities

Summary

The purpose of the project is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of the internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment (I-Navigator ACT) for parents who experience stress, distress, depression or anxiety that may be associated with being a parent of a child with disabilities. The project consists of three studies:

Study 1: An open feasibility trial in which parents participate in an individual, clinician-supported internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment.

Study 2: A randomized controlled trial in which participants are randomly assigned either:

1. Navigator ACT group treatment, where parents participate in an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group together with other parents, led by two group leaders, or
2. I-Navigator ACT internet-delivered Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment, where the parent participates on their own, coached by a clinician via a message function.

Study 3: A qualitative study in which a smaller sample of parents from the open feasibility trial participate in semi-structured interviews. The interviews take place after the parents have completed I-Navigator ACT.

All three studies are conducted in a clinical health care context.

Conditions

• Parents
• Stress, Psychological
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Intellectual Disability
• Physical Disability
• Traumatic Brain Injury

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

I-Navigator ACT

The intervention is an internet-delivered ten module Acceptance and Commitment Therapy treatment program for stressed and distressed parents of children with disabilities. The contents of the program is mostly text based, but also includes videos, mindfulness exercises and written exercises, as well as homework between modules.

BEHAVIORAL

Navigator ACT group

The intervention is a five session Acceptance and Commitment Therapy group treatment for stressed and distressed parents of children with disabilities. All five sessions have different themes and are held by two group leaders. Sessions are around two and a half hours long. Homework is given between sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Region Stockholm

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• Forte

  collaborator INDUSTRY

• Stiftelsen Frimurarna Barnhuset

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Karolinska Institutet

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tatja Hirvikoski, PhD · Karolinska Institutet

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-02-01

Primary Completion

2023-11-30

Completion

2023-11-30

Countries

• Sweden

Study Locations