An Online Self-compassion Intervention for Anxiety and Depression in Fathers of Infants: A Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
To investigate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of an online mindfulness and self-compassion intervention for the mental health in fathers experiencing paternal perinatal depression (PPD).
详细描述
The pilot non-RCT will be assessed using an online survey and semi-structured individual interviews. Preliminary effectiveness measures include self-compassion, emotion regulation, resilience, parenting sense of competence, parental stress, marital satisfaction, insomnia, generalized anxiety, and PPD measured at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and 2-month follow-up. Mixed-effects models will test changes between groups, while directed content analysis will be employed for qualitative data.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •aged 18 years or above
- •the biological father who is expecting or the biological father of infants within 24 months old
- •experienced mild to moderate anxiety (5 ≤ GAD ≤14) or depression symptoms (5≤ PHQ ≤ 19)
- •sufficient comprehension of Cantonese
- •currently live in Hong Kong
- •able to provide informed consent
排除标准
- •currently experiencing psychosis
- •having an intellectual disability
- •experiencing current suicidal ideation
- •participation in a similar study or received similar services in the past year
研究组 & 干预措施
Online self-compassion intervention
Participants in the self-compassion group will receive five consecutive weekly sessions intervention.
干预措施: Online self-compassion intervention (Other)
Control group
Participants in the waiting-list control group will receive the same training after the completion of the intervention at a 2-month follow-up.
结局指标
主要结局
Anxiety
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.
Anxiety symptoms will be measured using the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7). Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). The total score ranges from 0 to 21, with higher total scores indicating higher levels of anxiety symptoms.
Paternal perinatal depression
时间窗: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.
Paternal perinatal depression will be measured using the Chinese version of the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (nearly every day). The total score ranges from 0 to 27, with higher total scores indicating higher levels of depressive symptoms. The scale is reliable in the Chinese population (Cronbach's α = 0.82).
次要结局
- insomnia(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.)
- Parent sense of competency(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.)
- Parental stress(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.)
- Emotion regulation(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months)
- Self-compassion(From enrollment to the end of intervention at 2 months)
- Resilience(From enrollment to the end of treatment at 2 months.)
研究者
Dr Polly MA Haixia
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Metropolitan University