Trial of the Families Moving Forward (FMF) Connect Mobile Health Intervention

University of Rochester

Status

Completed

Conditions

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Treatments

Other: FMF Connect

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT04194489

4433

U01AA026104 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test a new smartphone "app" for parents/caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The app is called Families Moving Forward (FMF) Connect. The goal of the app is to provide parents/caregivers with useful information to help manage their children's condition and obtain peer support.

Enrollment

171 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Biological parent or other primary caregiver (e.g., foster or adoptive parent, relative, legal guardian) of a child with FASD or prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE)
The parent/caregiver must be at least 18 years old
The child must between the ages of 3 and 12 years old
The child has a diagnosis of FASD or has confirmed PAE
The child has lived with the parent/caregiver for at least 4 months and is expected to remain in the home for at least 1 year
The parent/caregiver lives in the United States
The parent/caregiver has a smartphone with iOS or Android operating system

Exclusion criteria

The parent/caregiver is not fluent in English (the FMF Connect app and pre-post measures are currently only available in English)
There is another parent/caregiver of the same child or living in the home that is already enrolled in the study (couples are excluded to prevent dependence in the data)
The family has previously received or is currently receiving the therapist-led Families Moving Forward (FMF) Program