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Mindfulness Intervention for Parents of Children With ASD
Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong
Summary
This study aims to develop a smartphone app based on mindfulness-based interventions and test its effectiveness in parents of children with ASD. This study aims: 1. To establish the relationship between different life events, cognitive appraisal, and the psychological distress between parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); 2. To demonstrate the relationship between parents' cognitive appraisal of life events and psychological distress moderated by mindfulness; 3. To examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) via ecological momentary intervention (EMI) in reducing the psychological distress of parents of children with ASD; 4. To calculate the cost-effectiveness of MBI via EMI in reducing the psychological distress of parents of children with ASD.
Official title: The Mechanism and Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Intervention for Reducing the Psychological Distress of Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Intervention and Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
526
Start Date
2025-07
Completion Date
2025-12
Last Updated
2024-12-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Ecological assessment and intervention
The MBI-EMI app will include five main parts, including virtual counselor, intervention library, weekly mindfulness practice, assessment bank and daily emotion log. In the eight weeks, the virtual counselor will initiate the conversation every day for three times (morning, afternoon and evening) to check the status of the participants. If the participants responded, the virtual counselor would invite the participants to rate their level of depression, stress and anxiety and then recommend appropriate mindfulness practice in the intervention library, such as 3-minute breathing space or mindful eating. The conversation between the virtual counselor and participants will be in the format of menu list and participants can easily choose from different options.
Audio-based Mindfulness intervention
The control group will receive audio recordings of how to practice mindfulness at home.