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Pilot Testing of a Mobile Phone App-based Intervention for Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Parent-Child Relations
Registration Number
NCT05927207
Lead Sponsor
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Chinese parents living in Hong Kong<br><br> - Parents caring for ASD children, diagnosed by clinicians according to the criteria<br> of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)<br> criteria and aged =12<br><br> - Recruited from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric clinic at the Alice Ho Miu Ling<br> Nethersole Hospital, a regional hospital providing the sole public child and<br> adolescent psychiatric service in the New-Territory East Cluster of the Hospital<br> Authority in Hong Kong<br><br> - Able to read and understand Cantonese<br><br> - Have access to an internet-enabled mobile phone with a valid phone number for the<br> duration of the pilot trial<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Parents who are not the main carer of their ASD children<br><br> - Currently receiving psychological interventions<br><br> - Undergoing mindfulness training will be excluded

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Enrolment;Retention (Intervention);Retention (Follow-up);Platform used;Days of week of use;Time of day of use;Number of app usage days;Average duration of app usage;Number of unique components completed;Number of core session completed;Number of optional session completed;App usability;App quality
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Parental anxiety;Parental anxiety;Parental anxiety;Parental depression;Parental depression;Parental depression;Parenting stress;Parenting stress;Parenting stress;Parenting competence;Parenting competence;Parenting competence;Parenting efficacy;Parenting efficacy;Parenting efficacy
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