A Pilot Study on an ACT-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Parenting Stress; Psychological Flexibility

Treatments: Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07345806

EA250563

Details and patient eligibility

About

Parenting children with special health care needs can be stressful and weigh on the caregivers' mental health. For the individuals with special needs, the mismatch between their needs and the normative practice in the world around them can be frustrating and detrimental to their functioning. The demands and concerns to these families can be so real that it may not be sensible to examine the validity or helpfulness of the distressing thoughts or feelings but to promote psychological flexibility, which is a key to value-guided living. This pilot study explores the effects and feasibility of a group-based intervention for families of individuals with special health care needs.

Enrollment: 62 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• be at or older than 18 years old
• understand Cantonese
• read as well as write Chinese

Exclusion criteria

• with borderline or greater intellectual deficits
• weak language abilities
• severe conditions related to mental, emotional, and/or behavioral functioning

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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62 participants in 1 patient group

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy