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Feasibility Study: Being a Parent - Helping Your Child With Fears and Worries

60 participantsStarted 2023-09-01

Plain-language summary

Emotional disorders are among the most common childhood mental health difficulties. The majority of adult emotional disorders begin before age 14 years. Most children and families across the population do not receive the proven evidence-based interventions available, particularly those from socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods and excluded, Black and Minoritised populations. Families from disadvantaged neighbourhoods, Black and minoritised communities can often feel judged, mistrustful, and blamed for their children's behavioural difficulties making them reluctant to engage in parenting supportEven when available, research shows that over one-third of parents receiving traditional specialist delivered evidence-based parenting do not gain the expected outcomes. Undertaking a group-based parenting intervention to help parents understand and deal with their children's anxiety issues. The aim of this study is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a new parent-led parenting intervention, being a Parent Helping your Child (BAPHYC) that is intended to improve childhood anxiety and to use the findings to inform the planning and conduct of a definitive randomised control trial. Being a Parent- Helping your Child (BAPHYC) has been developed from two well-established evidence-based parenting programmes. It is a parent-led, group format manualised parenting programme intended to improve childhood anxiety in children aged 5-12 years consisting of eight two-hourly weekly sessions peer-facilitated by two trained parent group leaders. The particants of BAPHYC participants are mothers, fathers and other carers who have principal parenting responsibility for a child with anxiety. The specific study objectives are to: 1. Establish initial evidence about reach and engagement, delivery, acceptability and impact of BAPHYC 2. Establish the feasibility of proposed recruitment pathways and measure completion 3. Acquire a fine grain understanding of parents' experiences of the BAPHYC intervention, research procedures and themes arising from BAPHYC implementation. 4. Assess participant recruitment, engagement, intervention and measure completion, and intervention acceptability rates against a priori feasibility parameters. 5. Obtain data that will be used in future trial recruitment and planning.

Who can participate

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ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Parent/ primary caregiver, including non-biological caregiver, for index child aged 5-12 years. * Parent-reported difficulties and concerns in managing anxiety of an index child. In households with more than one child aged 5-12 years, we ask the parents to nominate an index child whose behaviour was of greatest concern. * Parent/ primary caregiver must have proficient written and spoken English. * Parent/ primary must have capacity to provide informed consent to participate. Exclusion Criteria: Families where the parent/ parental caregiver: * The nominated index child of the parent/ primary caregiver has a primary neurodevelopmental condition such as autism, for which parent is likely to require specialist parenting intervention. * The parent / primary caregiver is unable to attend weekly course sessions of the BAPHYC intervention. * The parent / primary caregiver is not living with the index child and is unlikely to have sufficient contact to implement parenting skills acquired during the BAPHYC intervention.

Questions worth asking your doctor

Bring these to your next appointment. They're a starting point for a shared conversation — not a sign you qualify or a recommendation to enrol.

1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
2What does this trial's phase tell us about how much is already known about its safety and benefit?
3What would taking part actually involve for me — visits, tests, time, and travel?
4What are the known and possible risks or side effects I should weigh, and how would they be monitored?
5If this trial isn't the right fit, what other options or trials would you suggest I look into?

Generated to help you prepare — always confirm anything about your own eligibility and care with the study team and your doctor.

Questions for the trial coordinator

The trial coordinator is the person who runs the study day to day. These cover the practical side — logistics, costs, and what taking part would actually mean for your life. The study team confirms whether you meet the criteria; these are questions to ask, not a sign you qualify.

1What does taking part actually involve week to week — how many visits, where, and how long does each one take?
2What costs are covered by the study, and what might I have to pay for myself, including travel, parking, or time off work?
3What happens during screening, and what happens if the study team confirms I don't meet the criteria after those tests?
4Who pays for the scans, blood work, and other tests the trial requires — the study, my insurance, or me?
5How will being in the trial affect my regular care, and will my own doctor stay informed and involved?
6Can I leave the trial at any point if I change my mind, and what would happen to my care if I do?

A starting point for the conversation — always confirm anything about your own eligibility, costs, and care with the study team and your doctor.

What they're measuring

Child Anxiety Impact Scale for Parents - change is being assessed

Timeframe: "baseline, pre-intervention/procedure/surgery" and "immediately after the intervention/procedure/surgery"

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05790343

SponsorKing's College London

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2024-03-31

Contact for this trial

Bernadette Khoshaba

+442078480877 bernadette.khoshaba@kcl.ac.uk

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Plain-language summary

Who can participate

Sex

ALL

See this in plain English?

AI-rewrites the medical criteria so a patient or caregiver can understand them. Always confirm with the trial site.