CO-PARENT: COVID-19 - Parent Action in Response to Emotions and Needs for Treatment (Co-PARENT)

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Stress Disorder; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: SHG; Behavioral: Unified Protocol for COVID-19 Parenting Stress (UP-COVID)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04431856

20200484

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to collect information to better understand caregiver responses to COVID-19 stress and to help caregivers cope with these stressors.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• consent to participate via RedCap
• indicate a mild or greater elevation on screening measures of anxiety, depression and/or traumatic stress
• have a child between 6 and 13 years
• speak/read English or Spanish fluently

Exclusion criteria

• reported severe mental illness (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, an intellectual disability, psychosis, alcohol use disorder, substance use disorder) or hospitalization for mental health concerns or suicide attempt.
• reported prior arrest for child endangerment, child abuse or child neglect, or prior investigation by the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF)
• may be excluded if the severity of current mental illness is such that outpatient, weekly group treatment would be considered inappropriate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

Immediate Condition

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the Immediate Condition group will receive a total of 4 sessions of Unified Protocol for COVID-19 Parenting Stress (UP-COVID) intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: Unified Protocol for COVID-19 Parenting Stress (UP-COVID)

Delayed Condition

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in the Delayed Condition group will receive the Self Help Guide (SHG) by the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN). They will then receive the UP-COVID intervention following their week 6 assessment

Treatment:

Behavioral: SHG

Behavioral: Unified Protocol for COVID-19 Parenting Stress (UP-COVID)