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Parent-Child Interaction in Garding Activities for Early Intervention Preschool Children

NCT06507358 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-07-08

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Summary

Post-COVID-19, children's reduced interaction with nature has hindered their sensory development, particularly affecting those with developmental delays. This creates challenges for caregivers and impacts the children's abilities and parental mental health. While caregiver-centered interventions are known to benefit child development and reduce parent stress, there is a lack of such multidisciplinary programs in early intervention practices. This project investigates the impact of gardening activities on caregiver stress, self-efficacy, relationships, and parent-child conflict. Caregivers of children in early intervention in northern outpatient clinics will be recruited and randomly assigned to a gardening group or a waiting group. The gardening group will participate in activities for six to eight weeks, with assessments conducted before and after the intervention using various scales. Data will be analyzed using SPSS (Version 20.0) with a 0.05 significance level. Results will be shown as mean ± standard deviation. Descriptive statistics will analyze basic data and assessment items. The Chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA will compare outcomes. Spearman's rank correlation will assess relationships between caregivers' and children's data, caregiver efficacy, stress, and children's sensory interaction.

Conditions

  • Development Delay

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent-Child Interaction group

The intervention for the Parent-Child Interaction group consists of a 6-week program involving weekly 40-minute sessions of therapeutic horticulture in a group setting, with 4-6 participants per group. The sessions focus on sensory-motor activities aimed at helping children engage in daily tasks and activities. Various sensory stimuli are provided through different materials used in gardening activities, including visual, auditory, gustatory, tactile, and olfactory stimuli. The program encourages mutual support and sharing among group members, showcases different outcomes, and emphasizes a sense of responsibility for home care. With a family-centered approach, parental involvement serves as a mediator to promote children's overall development and abilities. Participants are required to complete homework assignments and maintain activity records, including documentation of the 6 sessions through photos and written records.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ChiehYu Pan, Master · Taipei Medical University Shuang Ho Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-12
Primary Completion
2025-03-23
Completion
2025-05-23

Countries

  • Taiwan

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