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NCT Number: NCT06348992

ACT Combined Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents with Autistic Children

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Development Disorders, Pervasive Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harbin Medical University Hospital

Daqing, None Selected, 043300, China

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Jiayi Chen, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

15765962070

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga

Behavioral

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 the researchers and psychologists, and the ACT psychological intervention was carried out once a week in community health centers or hospitals for 8 weeks. Online, a WeChat group was set up for parents with ASD, and Hatha Yoga training content and videos were sent to the group chat, and the researchers and volunteers supervised the training and clocking in and out of the group, three times a week.

Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group

Behavioral

The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.

Primary outcomes

  1. Measuring parental Burnout Levels

    Time frame: 3 months

    Developed by Roskam et al. to assess parenting burnout levels. There are 23 items in the scale, which are divided into four dimensions: the sense of exhaustion of the parental role, the boredom of the parental role, the emotional alienation from the children, and the self-comparison with the previous parental role. Scores range from 23-161. Higher scores indicate higher levels of parental burnout.

  2. Measuring parenting stress Levels

    Time frame: 3 months

    The scale consists of 15 items divided into three dimensions: parenting distress (items 1-5), dysfunctional parent-child interactions (items 6-10), and difficult child characteristics (items 11-15). The total score ranges from 15 to 75, with higher scores indicating more severe parenting stress.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System adult profile-57, PROMIS-57

    Time frame: 3 months

    VIII. Patient Self-Report PROMIS-57 This 57-item scale includes seven subscales on physical functioning (1-8 items), anxiety (9-16 items), depression (17-24 items), fatigue (25-32 items), sleep status (33-40 items), ability to assume social roles and participate in social activities (41-48 items), and the effects of pain (49-57 items).

  2. Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, MOS SF-36

    Time frame: 3 months

    The scale, revised by Sun Yat-sen Medical University, is an internationally recognized universal quality of life evaluation scale with high reliability and validity. The scale has a total of 36 items, which are divided into 8 dimensions of quality of life, including physiological function, physiological function, physical pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional function, and mental health.

  3. Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II, AAQ-II

    Time frame: 3 months

    The scale consists of 7 entries with a total score of 7-49, and the scores are summed so that the higher the score, the higher the level of empirical avoidance.

  4. Cognitive Fusion Questionnaire，CFQ-F

    Time frame: 3 months

    Contains 9 entries with a total score of 9-63; the higher the total CFQ-F score, the higher the level of cognitive integration.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Jiayi Chen, Master

CONTACT

[email protected]

15765962070

Quanzhi Zhang

CONTACT

[email protected]

15845962926

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Harbin Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Apr 5, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 13, 2025

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