Clinical trial NCT06629974: The Effects of an Empowerment Program for Parents of Children With Autism
Official title: The Effects of an Empowerment Program for Parents of Children With Autism: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Autism
Parenting
Motivational Interviewing
Keywords: Autism
Parent training
Empowerment
Parental self-efficacy
Parental stress
Care burden
Lead sponsor: Celal Bayar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-10-08
Enrollment: 69
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: This unblinded, randomized controlled interventional study with two parallel groups involved parents of children diagnosed with autism. Participants were stratified according to their educational status, and each participant was assigned a number. Participants within each stratum were assigned to either the intervention or control groups using simple randomization with a table of random numbers.The study was completed with a total of 69 participants: 34 in the intervention group and 35 in the control group.
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an empowerment program that includes both parent training and motivational interviewing for parents of children with autism, supporting their competence in the care of their children.

Detailed description: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an empowerment program for parents of children with autism to support their competence in caring for their children. This randomized controlled study was conducted in Manisa city center/Turkey, in 2022. A total of 69 parents (intervention: 34, control: 35) were included in this unblinded, two-group randomized controlled interventional study. A parent empowerment program, including four parental training sessions and two motivational interview sessions, were applied to the parents in the intervention group. The Parental Self-Efficacy Scale, Zarit Care Burden Scale, Perceived Stress Scale, and Family Empowerment Scale were used to evaluate the effectiveness of the empowerment program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Inclusion criteria were having a child diagnosed with ASD between the ages of 6 and 14, being literate, and volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Having a child with a concomitant disability or disease (e.g., epilepsy, attention deficit, and hyperactivity disorder, other physical or mental disabilities), previous participation in an education program with similar content, or parents who did not participate in at least two-thirds of the empowerment training program or did not attend all motivational interview sessions were excluded from the study, and their data were not included in the analysis.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The parental self-efficacy scale scores
timeFrame: Three months
measure: The zarit care burden scale scores
timeFrame: Three months
measure: The perceived stress scale scores
timeFrame: Three months
measure: The family empowerment scale scores
timeFrame: Three months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Manisa
country: Turkey
facility: Manisa Celal Bayar University
Study officials:
affiliation: Manisa Celal Bayar University
name: Damla Şahin Büyük, Phd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Karakul, A., Akgül, E. A., Doğan, P., Sarı, H. Y., 2018. Psychometric properties of the family empowerment scale in Turkish. Izmir Katip Celebi Univ. J. Health Sci. 3(3) 111.
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citation: Inci, F., Erdem, M., 2006. Adaptation of the Caregiving Burden Scale into Turkish, its validity and reliability. Anatol. J. Nurs. Health Sci. 11, 85-95.
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citation: Cavkaytar, A., Aksoy, V., & Ardıç, A., 2014. Updating the validity and reliability study of the parent self-efficacy scale. Anadolu J. Educ. Sci. Int. 4, 69-76.
citation: Zarit SH, Reever KE, Bach-Peterson J. Relatives of the impaired elderly: correlates of feelings of burden. Gerontologist. 1980 Dec;20(6):649-55. doi: 10.1093/geront/20.6.649. No abstract available.