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临床试验/ChiCTR2000034585
ChiCTR2000034585招募中Unknown

World Health Organization Caregiver Skills Training (WHO-CST) Programme for Hong Kong Chinese families of young children with developmental delays or Autism Spectrum Disorders– Phase Three: evaluation of the pilot implementation

Charities Trust1 个研究点 分布在 1 个国家目标入组 120 人开始时间: 2020年9月1日最近更新:

试验速览

阶段
Unknown
状态
招募中
发起方
入组人数
120
试验地点
1
主要终点
Parent-child bonding

研究概览

简要总结

This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of the adapted WHO-CST intervention in the local settings. The specific objectives of the study are:

  1. to examine the effectiveness of WHO-CST programme in Hong Kong context;
  2. to examine potential factors influencing the effectiveness of WHO-CST programme in Hong Kong context

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
主要目的
随机平行对照

入排标准

年龄范围
18 至 100(—)
性别
All

入选标准

  • The caregiver-child dyads will be recruited if they fulfilled the following inclusion criteria:
  • For caregivers, they should be;
  • At least 18 years or above;
  • the primary caregiver who is responsible for the role of parenting the child, this could be biological parent (father or mother), guardian or other adult family member (i.e., the same caregiver who will attend the WHO-CST programme if s/he agrees);
  • living together with the target child;
  • able to communicate in Cantonese;
  • able to read and write basic Chinese;
  • planned to stay in Hong Kong for at least six months for most of the time for home visits and 9 sections of face-to-face group intervention and accessible by phone;
  • Additionally, to ensure the adherence of WHO-CST programme, these caregivers shall allow the following procedures to be carried out during the programme implementation:
  • allow three home visits by facilitators who deliver the programme (World Health Organization, 2016). These MTs would be the professionals or para-professionals from HKU, governmental bodies and/or NGOs, and
  • agree to take videos for research purposes. The video-recording will take place on three home visits and 9 sections of face-to-face group intervention.
  • For children, they should be:
  • between 2 and 6 years old;
  • screened positive on Chinese version of the Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (C-CHAT-23) Wong et al. (2004) or
  • suspected to display symptoms or behaviours of autism spectrum disorder, such as persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviours, interest, or activities;
  • suspected to display symptoms or behaviours of communication disorder, such as persistent difficulties in the acquisition and use of language across modalities and language abilities are substantially and quantifiably below those expected age;
  • the above symptoms or behaviours are the primary concerns of developmental issues the child face as reported by caregivers or clinicians (children who are suspected to co-morbid other conditions, such as intellectual disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, specific learning disorder, motor disorder are also eligible if these other conditions are not primary concerns of developmental issues).

排除标准

  • Caregivers will be excluded if they fulfil the following criterion:
  • Physical or mental condition that required hospitalization or frequent outpatient visits (e.g., three visits for 6 months).
  • Children will be excluded if they fulfil one of the following criteria;
  • Deafness or blindness in the child;
  • Co-morbid physical and mental conditions that the child is now hospitalized;
  • Co-morbid motor skill developmental delays, physical disabilities or motor disorders, including stereotypic movement disorder, tic disorder, and other.

研究组 & 干预措施

Experimental group

WHO-CST training

wait-list-control

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结局指标

主要结局

Parent-child bonding

次要结局

  • Caregiver knowledge and skills
  • Caregiver experience of using intervention strategies
  • Autism-related behaviours rated by caregivers
  • Parental Stress
  • Caregiver involvement
  • Attendance tracking
  • Post-session feedback from observers, facilitators and caregivers
  • Home visit feedback from caregivers

研究者

发起方
Charities Trust

研究点 (1)

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