Dialogical Family Guidance in Families With a Child With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Family Dynamics
- Sponsor
- Diana Cavonius-Rintahaka
- Enrollment
- 50
- Primary Endpoint
- The Family Function, Health and Social Support - scale (FAFHES)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Previous studies have highlighted the need to offer targeted effective interventions to strengthen the wellbeing of all family members in families with children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Interventions for this target group requires development and research. A new family intervention, Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) was tested in this study. All families received DFG intervention ( 6 meetings ).
Detailed Description
Previous studies have highlighted the need to offer targeted effective interventions to strengthen the wellbeing of all family members in families with children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Interventions for this target group requires development and research. A new family intervention, Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) was tested in this study. Fifty families of children with NDD were randomized into two intervention groups. Intervention group I were delivered DFG immediately, and Intervention group II were delivered DFG after three months. Family functionality, health and support (FAFHES), SDQ and the 5-15-questionnaire and DFG parent questionnaires were used to collect data at baseline, after three and six months. Fifty families were invited to the study. Thirty-four families completed the study. A comparison were made between Intervention group I and II.
Investigators
Diana Cavonius-Rintahaka
PhD candidate
Tampere University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •clinical neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosis (eg ADHD, ASD, tics, language disorders)
- •the child is aged between 4-16 years
- •parent have adequate Finnish language skills
- •parents are biological parents or step-parents of the child
Exclusion Criteria
- •the child is under 4 or over 16 years old
- •parents do not have adequate Finnish language skills
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
The Family Function, Health and Social Support - scale (FAFHES)
Time Frame: Baseline measure before DFG family intervention starts
The FAFHES questionnaire contains three sections; family functionality (19 items), family health (23 items), and family support provided by professionals (21 items). All the items are measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1-6 (I disagree totally, I disagree, I disagree somewhat, I agree somewhat, I agree, I agree totally). Family functionality, family health and family support were seen as poor if the median was 1.00-2.7, moderate if it was 2.8-4.5, and good if it was 4.6-6.0.45. Parent questionnaire. 1=I totally disagree.....6=I absolutely agree. Higher scores mean worse outcome.
The Family Function, Health and Social Support Scale (FAFHES)
Time Frame: 6 months after baseline follow up. Change is being assessed.
The FAFHES questionnaire contains three sections; family functionality (19 items), family health (23 items), and family support provided by professionals (21 items). All the items are measured on a Likert scale ranging from 1-6 (I disagree totally, I disagree, I disagree somewhat, I agree somewhat, I agree, I agree totally). Family functionality, family health and family support were seen as poor if the median was 1.00-2.7, moderate if it was 2.8-4.5, and good if it was 4.6-6.0.45. Parent questionnaire. 1=I totally disagree.....6=I absolutely agree. Higher scores mean worse outcome.
Secondary Outcomes
- The Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) - questionnaire(3 months after baseline measure, when intervention is finished.)
- The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)(6 months after baseline follow up. Change is being assessed.)
- Parent Questionnaire for Evaluation of Development and Behaviour in 5-15-year old Children, 5-15 (FTF, Five - to - Fifteen)(6 months after baseline follow up. Change is being assessed.)