Dialogical Family Guidance PostDoc Study (DFG II)

Tampere University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Family Support; Family Relations; Family Dynamics

Treatments: Behavioral: Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06322511

HUS/7626/2023

Details and patient eligibility

About

This new family intervention, called Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) is developed to target family needs especially in families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders. PhD study showed, that this intervention is functioning with this target group. Participants (families) experienced that they got information, guidance to ordinary life and that the DFG-therapists were listening to them and above all, helping with individual problems and questions. DFG include six meetings and professionals need to attend on a 3-day long education before using this intervention.

Full description

Previous studies have highlighted the need for families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders, to get guidance to daily life, information and also professionals who allow parents to share their own experiences, feelings and questions. Dialogical Family Guidance is developed to offer target families (participants) the help mentioned above. This study is a postdoctoral study to achieve more knowledge and understanding about DFG intervention. This Postdoctoral study is focusing on DFG effectivity offered to families with young children (5-7years). Researchers also want to receive information about DFG effectivity between different units inside and outside the university hospital. Comparation between different units using DFG is one goal with this postdoc study. These results may give researchers deeper understanding when deciding where (university hospital och basic level units) and for whom (childrens age?) DFG intervention is giving the most optimal help.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Families with a child with clinical diagnosis within neurodevelopmental ambrella (ADHD, Tourette, Autism disorder, OCD...).
• the child must be between 4-13 years.

Exclusion criteria

• Families who do not understand finnish language (because they can not fill the questionnaires and professionals offering DFG are all finnish speaking). At least one parent needs to talk finnish.
• Families who are not motivated to receive DFG.
• Families who do not have a child with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

These families receive Dialogical family guidance, including six meetings (during 3 months) within the intervention manual proceedings. Parents fill the questionnaires before and after the intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG)

comparative group

No Intervention group

Description:

These families (parents in the family) give responses how they manage in ordinary life with their child with neurodevelopmental disorders. These families do not receive the intervention.