avigating parenting trans and gender diverse young people with a group-based program: A single blind RCT

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parent-child connectedness; Parenting skills; Parenting confidence; Parent capacity; Depression; Stress; Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000734561
• Lead Sponsor: Telethon Kids Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 24 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 320

Inclusion Criteria

Parents and caregivers of trans and gender diverse children and young people who are wait listed to access or engage with a Specialised Paediatric Gender Service (also known as state-based paediatric gender service) for trans young people under 18 .

Participants aged 18 years and over with children aged 12-18 years.

Exclusion Criteria

Parents and caregivers of trans and gender diverse children and young people who are currently accessing or engaged with a state-wide paediatric specialist paediatric gender service,

Parents and caregivers of trans and gender diverse children and young people who access or engage with private paediatric gender service.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental knowledge, skills and confidence in parenting a gender diverse child measured by novel 4-item Likert-type scales due lack of existing measure. Scales measure parental self-rated; <br>1. knowledge of gender diversity. <br>2. confidence in supporting child's gender identity, <br>3. acceptance of gender diversity, and <br>4. acceptance of child's gender identity. <br><br>All measures will be assessed as a composite primary outcome.[Parent Self-Stigma Scale (11 items). All measures will be assessed as a composite primary outcome. T0: Baseline at beginning of Session 1, T1: End of Session 5 (primary timepoint), T2: 3 months post-intervention. ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental quality of life as measured by the 21-item Depression, Anxiety and Stress (DASS) scale. [The depression, anxiety and stress scale (DASS-21), All measures (depression, anxiety and stress) will be assessed as a composite secondary outcome. T0: Baseline at beginning of Session 1, T1: End of Session 5, T2: 3 months post-intervention. ];Program acceptability.[Custom consumer satisfaction survey comprising multiple-choice/quantitative questions covering satisfaction. T1: End of Session 5.];Custom consumer satisfaction survey comprising open-ended/multiple-choice/quantitative questions covering process evaluation. <br><br>[Custom consumer satisfaction survey comprising open-ended/multiple-choice/quantitative questions. T1: End of Session 5.<br>];Custom consumer satisfaction survey comprising multiple-choice/quantitative questions covering feasibility.[Custom consumer satisfaction survey comprising multiple-choice/quantitative questions T1: End of Session 5.<br>]