Clinical trial NCT05877287: Effect of Awareness-Based Stress Reducatıon Program Applıed to Parents Wıth A Chıld Wıth Autısm
Official title: The Effect of Mındfulness-Based Stress Reductıon Program Applıed to Parents Wıth A Chıld Wıth Autısm on The Level Of Depressıon, Anxıety, Stress and Hopelessness: Randomızed Controlled Trıal
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
STRESS
HOPELESSNESS
MİNDFULNESS
Lead sponsor: Necmettin Erbakan University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-05-26
Enrollment: 96
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: parallel group (experiment-control) randomized controlled experimental
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This research was planned to examine the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction program applied to parents with autistic children on the level of depression, anxiety, stress and hopelessness.

Detailed description: The program applied to parents with children with autism will be carried out once a week for 60 minutes, for 8 weeks, in 8 sessions in total. The program will be conducted in face-to-face groups. Sessions will be held in a suitable area in the practice area. In each 60-minute session, it is planned to be 20 minutes of narration on the subject of the session, accompanied by a power point presentation, and the remaining 40 minutes of exercise, meditation practices and sharing experiences. In the table indicating the general operation of the sessions within the scope of the research; The purpose, target, teaching method, material place, time, session content and application steps of each session will be given to the participants. Awareness-Based Stress Reduction Program Applied to Parents with Children with Autism will be given to the participants in the first week, including the important points of the program, prepared by the researchers, and expert opinions will be taken.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria

* Being a parent of a child with autism
* Being literate and able to communicate in Turkish

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a diagnosed mental and mental health problem
* Having a chronic, mental and mental health problem other than autism in a child with autism
* Having previously participated in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program
* Having another disabled child

Primary outcomes:
measure: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
timeFrame: First assessment will be made at the baseline (pre-intervention)
measure: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
timeFrame: The second assessment will take place 8 weeks after the first assessment (after the program is completed).
measure: Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21)
timeFrame: Third assessment will take place average 4 weeks after the second assessment.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Beck Hopelessness Scale (BUS)
timeFrame: First assessment will be made at the baseline (pre-intervention)
measure: Beck Hopelessness Scale (BUS)
timeFrame: The second assessment will take place 8 weeks after the first assessment (after the program is completed).
measure: Beck Hopelessness Scale (BUS)
timeFrame: Third assessment will take place average 4 weeks after the second assessment.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Konya
country: Turkey
facility: Necmettin Erbakan Üniversity
Study officials:
affiliation: Necmettin Erbakan Univercity
name: Emine GEÇKİL, Prof. Dr.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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