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Web-based psychological support program for parental caregivers of children with rare chronic diseases

Phase 3
Conditions
Anxiety symptoms in parents of children with rare disease
Registration Number
DRKS00010979
Lead Sponsor
and Baden-Württemberg vertreten durch das Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
74
Inclusion Criteria

The study participants are parental caregivers of a child with rare chronic diseases: Age of the index child 0-25 years; Child with diagnosis of a rare chronic disease or suspicion of the child´s RCD; Caregiver´s clinically relevant psychological stress with elevated anxiety symptoms (raw score = 7 in the GAD-7); Access to the Internet during the study participation; Sufficient knowledge of the German language (caregivers); Informed consent for the study participation

Exclusion Criteria

Acute suicidality; Psychotic symptoms

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anxiety symptoms, measured by the General Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7; Spitzer, Kroenke, Williams et al, 2006), as an online questionnaire at the end of the intervention or waiting period.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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