Effectiveness of Guided Mindfulness-Based- Interventions (MBI) on Mindfulness and Selected Outcomes of Parents of People with selected Neuro Developmental Disorders (NDDs)- A Quasi-Experimental Community-Based Study
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- NISHA LAILA
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Reduction of Psychological distress (stress, anxiety, depression), improved levels of mindfulness skills, improvement in Interpersonal Mindfulness in parenting, Increased psychological well-being & improved Self-compassion for parents people with Selected Neuro Developmental Disorders such as Autism,ADHD &Other intellectual Disabilities after the Mindfulness based training intervention
概览
简要总结
The main Aim of the study is to investigate the effectiveness of guided mindfulness Interventions training on mindfulness skills and selected outcomes for parents of people with selected Neuro Developmental Disabilities (NDDs) such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) &Other intellectual disabilities.The study settings selected were two major N.G.O s working for people with Autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities located in New Delhi, Namely Action For Autism ,Open Door school & TAMANA Centre for people with Neuro neurodevelopmental disabilities, New Delhi. The major expected outcomes of this study will be level of mindfulness skills, mindfulness parenting skills, Psychological distress (stress,anxiety and depression), psychological wellbeing, and self compassion for parents.The training will be online mode by an expert mindfulness trainer for 2 months (weekly 2 sessions 1-1.5 hrs for a total of 16 hrs, 8weeks ) and a pretest and post test will be conducted.
The main interventions in this training program are different mindfulness techniques (Mindfulness of thought process, mindfulness of emotion, mindfulness of perception and guided meditation, and breathing exercises) in the form of integrated mind-body meditation as per the training module for parents.There will be a comparison group (receiving only parent-child training at study settings) to compare the outcomes with the intervention group
In this study parents are not undergoing any additional training for their mental health and wellbeing.
The study Design adopted is a Non non-equivalent Quasi-experimental two-group design with a comparison group (pretest-posttest design).
The expected sample size for the two groups will be 44 parents of people with Selected NDDs according to eligibility (Sample size determined from previous similar studies)
The study will be conducted after obtaining ethical approval from the Institutional review Board,IIHMR University, & Permission letters already obtained from respected study settings ,Action For Autism & Tamana Autism centre, New Delhi.
Recruitment for the sample in this study has not yet begun. The recruitment will be starting after obtaining Ethical clearance from IIHMR University,Jaipur
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 25.00 Year(s) 至 55.00 Year(s)（—）
- 性别
- All
入选标准
- •1.Parents of children more than 2 years of age, parents of adolescents (14-18), and young adults (19 years to 30years) formally diagnosed with NDDs such as ASD, ADHD &other intellectual disabilities for more than one year.
- •2.Parents of who are attending for special training and education for their children and adolescents & parents of young adults who are primary care givers of people with selected NDDs. 3.Included both mothers and fathers eligible for the study.
- •4.Parents who can understand and speak Hindi and English 5.Parents who are willing to participate in a scheduled Mindfulness Based Intervention Programme online mode for 8weeks duration (2 sessions (1-1.5 hrs) per week for total 8 weeks)-16 hrs and there is flexibility in the weekly schedule for the training.
- •6.Parents who are able to follow Mindfulness meditation techniques 7.Parents who are physically not challenged.
排除标准
- •Parents with severe mental health challenges 2.Grand-parents who are caregivers of people with selected NDDs
- •Parents previously attended mindfulness training programs 4.Parents who are already engaged in other psychological therapies 5.Parents taking psychiatric medications, especially for severe depression.
- •6.Parents experiencing physical problems that would be worse by mindful techniques.
结局指标
主要结局
Reduction of Psychological distress (stress, anxiety, depression), improved levels of mindfulness skills, improvement in Interpersonal Mindfulness in parenting, Increased psychological well-being & improved Self-compassion for parents people with Selected Neuro Developmental Disorders such as Autism,ADHD &Other intellectual Disabilities after the Mindfulness based training intervention
时间窗: 8 months
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
NISHA LAILA
IIHMR University