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Supporting Parents & Kids Through Lockdown Experiences (SPARKLE).

NCT04786080 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 646

Last updated 2022-08-04

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Summary

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, reduced access to childcare, money- and health-related worries and extended confinement and social isolation have placed great pressure on many families. There is evidence that many parents in the UK have struggled to manage their children's behaviour. For instance, Co-SPACE, an ongoing UK-wide study led by the University of Oxford, found a significant increase in parents reporting behavioural problems in children and an increase in family-related stress in response to various local and national lockdowns. Co-SPACE has also found up to 70% of parents reported wanting additional support.

The SPARKLE (Supporting Parents and Kids through Lockdown Experiences) study aims to address this pressing need. SPARKLE is a rapid-deployment randomised controlled trial evaluating whether a digital public health parenting intervention can help parents to manage their children's behaviour problems, as impacted by the COVID-19 UK pandemic and lockdowns.

We aim to evaluate whether the negative effects of the pandemic can by reversed by providing parenting advice digitally, using a specially-designed app, Parent Positive. The Parent Positive app will provide advice to parents through animations, delivering messages carefully selected by parents and experts in the field. The messages will be supplemented with practical parenting resources and an opportunity to network with other parents for peer support. The animations are light-hearted, humorous and non-judgmental and are delivered by eight high-profile celebrities who are also parents.

The SPARKLE study will involve 616 Co-SPACE parents, half of whom will receive access to the Parent Positive app and half who won't.

Conditions

  • Child Behavior Problem
  • Mental Health Issue

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Parent Positive

Parent Positive is a smartphone app delivering information and parenting support aiming to improve wellbeing within the family and reduce pressures on services given the ongoing pandemic-related challenges. It will consist of three zones, providing: 1. structured advice, support and tips for parents 2. facilitated parent-to-parent communication platform where parents can post questions of one another and parenting experts 3. access to carefully selected high-quality, evidence-based online parenting resources.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Oxford

    collaborator OTHER

  • King's College London

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-19
Primary Completion
2021-10-10
Completion
2022-01-05

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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