NCT05746468Not yet recruiting
Mindfulness Intervention for Parents of Children With ASD
The Mechanism and Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention for Reducing the Psychological Distress of Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Intervention and Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Dec 2024 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to develop a smartphone app based on mindfulness-based interventions and test its effectiveness in parents of children with ASD. This study aims: 1. To establish the relationship between different life events, cognitive appraisal, and the psychological distress between parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); 2. To demonstrate the relationship between parents' cognitive appraisal of life events and psychological distress moderated by mindfulness; 3. To examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) via ecological momentary intervention (EMI) in reducing the psychological distress of parents of children with ASD; 4. To calculate the cost-effectiveness of MBI via EMI in reducing the psychological distress of parents of children with ASD.
- Status (registry)
- Not yet recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 526 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Feb 2023
- Start date
- 1 Jul 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Jul 2025
- Lead sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Diseases
- Autism
- NCT number
- NCT05746468
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 526
- From 1 Jul 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Jul 2025
- No sites listed in no country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- The inclusion criteria will comprise
- parents of children with ASD (children aged between 6-18 and diagnosed with different functional levels of ASD by certified psychologists);
- own a mobile smartphone with internet access;
- will stay in Hong Kong during the 8-week EMI study period, and
- able to read and write in Chinese.
- The exclusion criteria will include
- parents diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and stress disorder by certified doctors; and
- parents who do not live together with their children with ASD on the daily basis.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
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