Effects of an ACT-based Psychological Treatment in Relatives of People With Intellectual Disabilities

European University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Parent-Child Relations; Parental Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: ACT

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05611554

CIPI/21/091

Details and patient eligibility

About

Investigation of the efficacy of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the psychological treatment of parental stress in relatives of people with intellectual disabilities

Full description

After being informed about the study, all patients giving written informed consent will be assessed to determine eligibility for study entry.

Patients who meet eligibility requirements will receive psychological intervention consisting in 3-session group ACT-based treatment.

The participants will be assessed through self-report instruments before and after treatment and at 3 months follow-up.

The clinical trial will include a control group.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Over 18 years of age
• High level of understanding of Spanish
• Having children diagnosed with intellectual disability

Exclusion criteria

• Current psychological and/or psychiatric treatment,

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Psychological intervention will consist in an 3-session group ACT-based treatment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: ACT

Waiting List

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants assigned to Waiting List arm waited for 5 months before receiving treatment (i.e., after completing the measures they continued in the study and received Psychological intervention five months later)