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NCT Number: NCT06210113

Training Parents of Children With ADHD by Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for Reducing Stress

The study aimed at comparing the effects of 8-week MBSR programme intervention group with usual care group in reducing parental stress and improving quality of life of parents of children with ADHD in Chinese culture.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Salvation Army - Hong Kong and Macau Command

Hong Kong

About this study

This study aimed at comparing the effects of 8-week mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention with usual care in improving the parental stress, quality of life, and the feasibility and acceptability of MBSR of parents of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Chinese context after the coronavirus disease pandemic.

This study was designed as a pilot randomised controlled trial with single-blind repeated measures. By using convenience sampling, 36 parents of children with ADHD were recruited from the Parent Resource Centre of The Salvation Army (Centre), a Non-government Organization in Hong Kong, between July to August 2022. Centre staff invited parents of children aged 3-12 diagnosed with ADHD who can communicate and understand Cantonese to participate. Parents who had physical or severe intellectual disabilities, mental disorders or received any form of psychological intervention or psychiatric services were excluded from this study. All eligible parents were randomized to either the intervention group (n=18) or the usual care group (control) (n=18).

Parents assigned to the intervention group received the MBSR programme and usual services from the Centre. MBSR had eight weekly sessions of 2.5 hours each, plus a whole day retreat in small groups between session 6 and 7. The usual care group remained with usual support from the Centre, with interest activities such as cooking classes or calligraphy classes, but without any other form of intervention during this period.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • parents who have a child aged 3-12 with a confirmed diagnosis of ADHD with or without medications
  • able to communicate and understand Cantonese

Exclusion criteria

  • having physical disabilities or severe intellectual impairments
  • any forms of mental disorders
  • receiving any other form of psychological intervention, behavioural treatment, or psychiatric services

Treatment and study plan

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Behavioral

An 8-week Mindfulness-based stress reduction training programme

Primary outcomes

  1. Self-report of parental stress

    Time frame: immediate after intervention

    self-report of parental stress as measured by Parental Stress Scale (score range from 1-90. The higher the score, the higher the stress level)

  2. self-report perceived stress

    Time frame: immediate after intervention

    self-report perceived stress as measured by Perceived Stress Scale (score range from 0-56. The higher the score, the higher the stress level)

Secondary outcomes

  1. self-report mindfulness in parenting

    Time frame: At one month after intervention

    Parental self-reports of adopting mindful parenting strategies as measured by Interpersonal mindfulness in Parenting (Score range from 1-155. The higher score means adopted more mindful in parenting)

  2. Parent reports of children's ADHD behaviors in the past 6 months

    Time frame: At one month after intervention

    parent reports of children's ADHD symptoms by using the Strengths and Weakness of ADHD symptoms and normal behavior rating scales (score range from +3 far below average to -3 far above average)

  3. self-report quality of life

    Time frame: At one month after intervention

    self-report to access perception of quality of life in four domains including physical, psychological, social relationships and general health (score range from 0 - 100. A higher score indicated a better quality of life)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Other

Collaborators

  • The Salvation Army, Hong Kong and Macau Command

Registry information

Official study title

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Programme for Parents of Children With ADHD: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jan 18, 2024
Registry last updated
Feb 28, 2024

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