Improving Psychological Wellbeing by Stress Reduction Among Parents Having Children With Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Summary

This project addresses the mental health challenges faced by parents caring for children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDDs) in Bangladesh. These parents often experience high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, impacting family dynamics and the child's development. The project aims to design, implement, and assess an intervention to reduce parenting stress and enhance parental well-being. This intervention focuses on emotional intelligence and will be delivered through in-person training and a mobile app. The study will use a cluster randomized controlled trial methodology, targeting parents of children diagnosed with NDDs.

The study will be conducted in Child Development Centers in public medical college hospitals across Bangladesh. It will assess changes in parental stress, mental well-being, and emotional intelligence. Data collection will occur from January 2024 to June 2025.

The project aims to recruit 480 parents from eight Child Development Centers, ensuring ethical considerations, data integrity, and participant privacy. The findings will be shared through national dissemination seminars, policy briefs, reports, and journal publications.

Conditions

• Mental Health Issue

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent's Emotional Intelligence Network

A two-day in-person training session will be arranged for the participating parents at least one week apart. The psychologists will conduct the training session on emotional intelligence. A training of the trainer manual will be developed to train the psychologists. The training session will include a power point presentation and certain group and individual activities to practice emotional intelligence. The participants will also be given a diary and a mobile app in order to practice emotional intelligence at home.

DEVICE

Mobile App

A mobile app (MonKotha) has been developed along with user manual. It contains different videos, audios, and texts related to emotional intelligence. It also provides a communication platform where users can communicate through texts and upload documents.

DEVICE

Diary

A diary (Onuvutir Diary) is also developed that contain different practice materials regarding emotional intelligence. It is a personal diary given to the participants to take to home.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

  collaborator OTHER

• Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Salim M Chowdhuri, PhD · Center for Injury Prevention and Research Bangladesh

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

50 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-01-27

Primary Completion

2025-06-30

Completion

2025-12-31

Countries

• Bangladesh

Study Locations