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Feasibility of a Virtual Mental Health Intervention for Children with Congenital Heart Disease

Sponsor: University of Calgary

Summary

Children with congenital heart disease are at much higher risk for behavioral and emotional difficulties in early childhood and beyond 1. However, intervention programs aimed at this population are limited and few have explored the efficacy of behavioral parent training on child behavior and parent stress in children with CHD. Few evidence-based behavior intervention programs are available in the community for families of children with CHD and behavioral struggles and many families struggle to stick with long-term treatment given the multiple appointments and responsibilities that are often already associated in parenting children with chronic health conditions. As such, more targeted, shorter and more accessible interventions are very needed. Established internet-based treatments such as I-InTERACT-North, are particularly well-suited for adaptation to stepped-care delivery due to prior implementation success, readily adaptable intensity of online content and therapist contact. This study will evaluate whether I-InTERACT North is a feasible intervention to implement in a step-care model and whether it is acceptable to families and impacts behavior and family functioning.

Official title: Evaluating the Feasibility of a Virtual Stepped Mental Health Care Intervention for Children with Congenital Heart Disease

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