Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Texas at Austin

Code:

NCT05780138

Conditions

Depression

Autism

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Parents Taking Action

Study Details

Brief summary:

The principal aim of this study is to conduct a single group design pilot of a psychoeducational caregiver training (i.e., culturally adapted Parents Taking Action) with a group of family caregivers of young children with autism in Paraguay. The following research questions will be addressed:

Research Question #1: What is the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention? Research Question #2: Do participants improve between pre and post-test on outcome measures? Parents will receive 10 weekly remote sessions on information about autism and strategies to support their child's development. The weekly sessions will be held via telehealth by the researcher and 2 and 2 Paraguayan trained parents of autistic individuals.

Conditions

Depression

Autism

Study ID

NCT05780138

Start date

Dec 16, 2023

Status verified date

Jan, 2024

Completion date

Dec 30, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 30, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Live in Paraguay
2. Be a parent or primary family caregiver
3. Be 18 years old or older
4. Child has a diagnosis of autism
5. Child is between 2 and 8 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Primary Language is not Spanish
2. Does not have access to a device with connection to the internet

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention group

Participants will receive 10 remote sessions with the curriculum

Interventions

Parents Taking Action

Educational intervention designed to provide caregivers of children with autism information about autism, and strategies to advocate and support their child's development.

Primary outcome measure

  • Family Outcome Measure, 24 items, range 0 to 120. Higher better [ Time Frame: from baseline to 4 months ]
  • Epidemiological Studies -Depression, 20 items, minimum 0 maximum 60, higher worse. [ Time Frame: from baseline to 4 months ]
  • caregivers' empowerment to use different caregiving strategies, 11 items, 0-44, higher is better [ Time Frame: : from baseline to 4 months ]
  • Caregiver Knowledge Questionnaire, 40 items, 0-40 higher is better [ Time Frame: from baseline to 4 months ]
  • Social Communication Questionnaire, 40-items, 0-40, higher is worst [ Time Frame: from baseline to 4 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Adriana K Terol, MEd

3129752242aterol2@illinois.edu

Locations

University of Texas at Austin

Recruiting

Austin, Texas, United States, 78712

Contacts

University of Texas A Austin, PhD

512-232-9216smagana@austin.utexas.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Texas at Austin

Last update posted

Jan 8, 2024

Last verified

Jan, 2024

Keywords

  • international research
  • autism
  • developmental disabilities
  • caregiver training

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Texas at Austin on 2024-01-08.