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ACT Combined Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents with Autistic Children

No phase Interventional Autism Spectrum Disorder

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What is being studied
The protocol lists: Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga, Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Autism Spectrum Disorder. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
China
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Official title

ACT (Acceptance Commitment Therapy) Combined with Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents with Autistic Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Overview

OBJECTIVE: To explore the intervention effect of ACT combined with a yoga intervention program on parenting burnout in parents with ASD. METHODS: This study used a combination of qualitative research and quantitative analysis to examine the intervention effects of an ACT-centered intervention program on parenting burnout in parents of children with ASD, and to clarify the evaluations and perceptions of parents with ASD about the research program through qualitative research. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To clarify the intervention effect of ACT combined with yoga intervention program on parenting burnout of ASD parents.

Detailed description

This study will focus on parents of children with ASD, and through literature review, intervention research, qualitative research, and other methods, based on PRO, adopt acceptance commitment therapy as the core intervention program to explore the improvement of parenting burnout, stress level and quality of life of parents, to enhance the psychological flexibility of parents with ASD, so that parents can positively cope with negative emotions and adverse events in life, and to promote the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of child care, so as to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD, and to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD. The program promotes the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of care for their children, thereby enhancing the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga
    The intervention used a combination of online and offline methods, based on ACT, supplemented by hatha yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used the combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online hatha yoga training, and the control group used mental health education, so as to explore and validate the effect of ACT combined with yoga on the improvement of parental parental burnout in children with ASD. The offline ACT psychological intervention was implemented by
  • Behavioral Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group
    The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.

Primary outcome measures

  • Measuring parental Burnout Levels [Time frame: 3 months]
  • Measuring parenting stress Levels [Time frame: 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System adult profile-57, PROMIS-57 [Time frame: 3 months]
  • Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, MOS SF-36 [Time frame: 3 months]
  • Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, AAQ-II [Time frame: 3 months]
  • Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire,CFQ-F [Time frame: 3 months]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Parents of children diagnosed with ASD based on DSM-5
  • Parental burnout exists in parents
  • Parents have normal speech, hearing and cognitive functioning
  • Is the primary caregiver for children
  • Informed consent and voluntary participation

Exclusion criteria

  • Untreated ongoing or severe psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, etc.;
  • other more serious psychosomatic disorders that would interfere with the intervention.

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double blind
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

China · 1 center
  • Harbin Medical University Hospital — Daqing

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06348992 · HMUDQ20240318001

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗