Clinical trial NCT04962659: Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting for Parents of Children With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Official title: Telehealth Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting for Parents of Children With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parents
Stress
Developmental Disability
Intellectual Disability
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Lead sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Endowment for the Arts, United States
First posted: 2021-07-15
Enrollment: 33
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This is a pilot study of the feasibility and potential impact of a Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting program (delivered via telehealth) on stress and well-being in parents/caregivers of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Participants are randomized to participate in the mindfulness program or a business-as-usual control group.

Detailed description: This is a pilot study of the feasibility and potential impact of a Mindfulness-Based Music and Songwriting program (delivered via telehealth) on stress and well-being in parents/caregivers of children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Participants are randomized to participate in the mindfulness program or a business-as-usual control group.

During mindfulness sessions, parents/caregivers are supported by a therapist to learn and apply mindfulness practices through music-based meditations and songwriting. Participants write two songs during the program. Parents complete surveys throughout the program.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Parent/caregiver of a child with an intellectual or developmental disability
* Parent speaks and reads fluent English
* Able to attend weekly telehealth/virtual sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Perceived stress
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
measure: Parent depression
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
measure: Parent well-being
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
measure: Parent mindfulness
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
measure: Parent positive reappraisal
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
measure: Parent anxiety
timeFrame: Baseline to end of study (baseline, within 1-week post-intervention, 4-week follow-up)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Parent affect regulation to MBMS sessions
timeFrame: Immediately pre and immediately post intervention sessions
measure: Parent social connection to therapist at MBMS sessions
timeFrame: Immediately pre and immediately post intervention sessions
measure: Parent daily momentary affect
timeFrame: 8-weeks (baseline, mid-intervention, post-intervention)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nashville
country: United States
facility: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
state: Tennessee
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