Pai.ACT Programme for Parents of Children With Special Healthcare Needs - Phase I
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
This study aims to determine the feasibility, acceptability and potential efficacy of an individual, video-conferencing based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) on the mental well-being of parents of children with Special Health Care Needs(SHCN). The study also aims to explore the experience of parents after participating in the individual-based FACT sessions offered by the trained FACT interventionists.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents * living together with the child who is at preschool/school-age (3-9 years old) * adopt the responsibility of taking care of the child, * has daily access to their iPhone and Android smartphones. In addition, potential eligible parents who respond "yes" to any of the five validated screening questions in the Children with Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) Screener (see https://www.childhealthdata.org/docs/cshcn/technical-summary-of-cshcn-screener.pdf) will then be asked the associated follow-up questions to determine whether the child possesses physical, neurodevelopmental/emotional problem(s) that has lasted for at least 12 months. Only children with a positive response(s) to ≥ 1 item in each of the associated follow-up questions will be classified as children with SHCN. Exclusion Criteria: * Parents with severe mental illness or developmental disabilities which impaired their ability to comprehend the content of the programm