Clinical trial NCT06322511: Dialogical Family Guidance PostDoc Study
Official title: The Effectiveness of Dialogical Family Guidance in Families With a Child With Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Family Dynamics
Family Relations
Family Support
Keywords: neurodevelopmental disorders
family health
family functionality
family support
Lead sponsor: Tampere University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-03-21
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 13
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Families attending the study Group I: receives Dialogical Family Guidance intervention and they fill questionnaires before and after the intervention.

Group II: Families do not receive Dialogical Family Guidance (but belong to the same focus group)
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: This new family intervention, called Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) is developed to target family needs especially in families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders. PhD study showed, that this intervention is functioning with this target group. Participants (families) experienced that they got information, guidance to ordinary life and that the DFG-therapists were listening to them and above all, helping with individual problems and questions. DFG include six meetings and professionals need to attend on a 3-day long education before using this intervention.

Detailed description: Previous studies have highlighted the need for families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders, to get guidance to daily life, information and also professionals who allow parents to share their own experiences, feelings and questions. Dialogical Family Guidance is developed to offer target families (participants) the help mentioned above. This study is a postdoctoral study to achieve more knowledge and understanding about DFG intervention. This Postdoctoral study is focusing on DFG effectivity offered to families with young children (5-7years). Researchers also want to receive information about DFG effectivity between different units inside and outside the university hospital. Comparation between different units using DFG is one goal with this postdoc study. These results may give researchers deeper understanding when deciding where (university hospital och basic level units) and for whom (childrens age?) DFG intervention is giving the most optimal help.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Families with a child with clinical diagnosis within neurodevelopmental ambrella (ADHD, Tourette, Autism disorder, OCD...).
* the child must be between 4-13 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Families who do not understand finnish language (because they can not fill the questionnaires and professionals offering DFG are all finnish speaking). At least one parent needs to talk finnish.
* Families who are not motivated to receive DFG.
* Families who do not have a child with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Primary outcomes:
measure: FAFHES
timeFrame: 0 months and 3 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: DFG-questionnaire
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: SDQ-p questionnaire (Strengths and difficulties regarding the child)
timeFrame: 0 months and 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Helsinki
country: Finland
facility: Helsinki university hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Tampere University, Finland
name: Diana Cavonius-Rintahaka, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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