Smartphone-based psychoeducation for parents of children with regulatory problems
- Conditions
- DC:0-5: excessive crying disorder, sleep onset disorder, night waking disorder, undereating disorder, other sleep, eating and excessive crying disrder of infancy/ early childhood
- Registration Number
- DRKS00019001
- Lead Sponsor
- ehrstuhl für Sozialpädiatrie der Technischen Universität/ Klinikum rechts der Isar München
- Brief Summary
The mean individual study duration was 23.41 (SD 10.42) days. The IG reported significantly lower levels of parenting stress (mean 83.18, SD 19.94) after app use compared with the WCG (mean 87.46, SD 16.67; P=.03; Cohen d=0.23). Furthermore, parents in the IG reported a higher level of knowledge about crying, sleeping, and feeding (mean 62.91, SD 4.30) than those in the WCG (mean 61.15, SD 4.46; P<.001; Cohen d=0.38). No differences at posttest were found between groups in terms of parental efficacy (P=.34; Cohen d=0.05), perceived social support (P=.66; Cohen d=0.04), and child symptoms (P=.35; Cohen d=0.10).
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 136
contact in the run-up to a first consultation in the cry baby outpatient clinic of kbo-Kinderzentrum.
regulatory problems (crying, sleeping and/or feeding)
child older than 24 months;
no consent for study participation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method post-treatment (t2); compared to pre-treatment (t1) and to waiting control group:<br><br>Parental stress/burden: Score in questionnaire Eltern-Belastungs-Inventar (Tröster, 2010; German version of Parenting Stress Index (PSI), Abidin, 1983, 2012)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method