Efficacy of Training Programme to Reduce Stress

University of Nottingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Treatments: Other: Nothing (treatment as usual); Behavioral: Training to Reduce Stress in Mothers of Children with (ASD)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02384486

OVS12022015 SA SoM PAPsych PhD

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to reduce stress in mothers of children with autism in Saudi Arabia. The researcher has designed a training programme for mothers whose children are young and just in their early stage at the autism organisations they are attending. The programme will include stress reduction tips, behavioural modification strategies for children with autism, and financial resources available to parents (how they can access government funding). The study will have two parts. Part one involves conducting an experiment by dividing the participants into two groups, one group will receive the training and the other group will wait until the end of the study then they will also receive the same training. Both groups will fill questionnaire at the beginning of the study, then after the first group finishes training, and then again 6 weeks later. Part two of the study will involve interviewing mothers of the first group who attended the training session. They will be interviewed by the researcher asking them about their experience with the training programme and their suggestions for future improvements. Mothers will be given a training manual at the beginning of the training. Training involves attending five sessions, one of which is a face to face session at the autism organisation their children are attending and the other four sessions will be through a Smartphone application called whatsapp which is widely used in Saudi Arabia.

Enrollment: 67 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mothers aged 18 years or over
• mothers of ASD children who are in the early intervention stage (first year in the programme) at autism organizations in Saudi Arabia

Exclusion criteria

• Mothers whose children with ASD are not in the early intervention stage or did not joint autism organization

  • Mothers who will not be willing to commence to the full duration of the trial
  • Mothers who will not be able to use whatsapp in their smart phones

Trial design

67 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

intervention group will receive the "Training to Reduce Stress in Mothers of Children with (ASD)"

Treatment:

Behavioral: Training to Reduce Stress in Mothers of Children with (ASD)

control group

Other group

Description:

control group will receive nothing but for ethical purposes will receive the same intervention after the end of the trial for the intervention group

Treatment:

Other: Nothing (treatment as usual)