Implementation of the Parents Taking Action in Paraguay
NCT ID: NCT05780138
Last Updated: 2024-01-08
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
20 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-12-16
2024-12-30
Brief Summary
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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.
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Detailed Description
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The promotoras who deliver the sessions will be Paraguayan and will offer the sessions in Spanish. Promotoras will receive 10 hours of training on content and procedures prior to the beginning of the intervention.
Piloting the Intervention The Pilot will consist of a one group pre and post-test design with no control group.
Sample and Recruitment. Twenty family caregivers in Paraguay will be recruited for this pilot study. Primary caregivers are the ones who do most of the care and parenting of the child. Family caregivers will be recruited and will be eligible if (1) they live in Paraguay, (2) are the primary caregivers of a child with autism who is 0-8 years old, and (3) are18 years old or older. All recruitment materials will be in Spanish. Families who express interest in participation will be contacted by a trained research assistant to complete consent forms and to schedule the baseline assessment. After a cohort of 10 to 20 families have been recruited, the pilot intervention will be scheduled.
Data Source/Data Collection. Parents/ family caregivers will complete objective and self-report assessments at baseline and post-intervention follow-up through telephone or videochat interviews with trained students. One interview will be conducted at baseline and one at follow-up to collect the full battery of measures. See Appendix B for a list of the measures. Participants will not receive any compensation to participate in the study. After completing the intervention, family caregivers will be invited to attend an additional individual interview in which we will seek feedback on the social validity of the content and delivery of the intervention. Interviews will be held in Spanish.
Acceptability measures include: (1) Satisfaction with the intervention, which will be evaluated using a survey to be completed by parents/family caregivers after the 10 individual sessions. Satisfaction survey will include questions about accessibility and adequacy of the content; and (2) Optional Social validity interview, which will include questions about the social validity of the goals, the procedures, and the outcomes. Feasibility measures include (1) attendance at individual and family group sessions based on attendance logs; participants who miss sessions will be called to inquire about barriers to attendance; (2) retention at post-intervention; and (3) intervention fidelity checklist. To monitor fidelity, we will utilize self-reported checklists to be completed by the researcher and the promotoras at the end of each session.
Outcome measures:
Family caregivers will complete a total of 4 family caregiver outcome measures. First, Help and support for their child is a 26 item likert-type scale (i.e., not at all/a little/ somewhat/ almost/ completely) which includes questions related to (a) understanding their child's strengths, needs, and abilities, (b) Knowing their rights and advocating for their child, (c) helping their child develop and learn, (d) having support systems, and (e) accessing the community. The second outcome measure is related to family caregivers' depression. This 20-item questionnaire includes questions regarding the family caregiver's feelings during the last week (e.g., happiness, hopefulness, sleep, fearfulness). The third questionnaire is regarding family caregivers' empowerment to use different caregiving strategies with their children. This is an 11-item questionnaire, and family caregivers will mark the degree to which they agree or disagree with the statements. Finally, a 40 item, true or false knowledge questionnaire related to the content presented in the sessions. Additionally, a family caregiver -reported measure will also be included to measure child outcomes. The social communication questionnaire which is a 40-item questionnaire regarding their child's social communication skills and behaviors.
Data Analysis: Descriptive statistics will be used to summarize feasibility and acceptability measures. To generate estimates, we will compute group-specific means and standard deviations for outcome measures. We will use two tailed t-tests to examine differences between baseline and follow-up on outcome measures.
Qualitative data from social validity measures will be video and audio recorded through zoom. A researcher will write a summary of the interview and share it with the participant for member-check. Recordings will be transcribed verbatim in Spanish and translated to English. A bilingual, bicultural member of the research team will review the transcriptions and translations for accuracy. Transcripts will be coded using thematic analysis and deductive coding using the a priori coding scheme that will include (1) social validity of the goals; (2) social validity of the procedures; and (3) social validity of the outcomes. At least two members of the research team will engage in open and deductive coding and will develop a code book, followed by a second round of coding using the codes including in the codebook. At least one of the members of the research team will be bilingual and will refer to the original Spanish transcripts as needed.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
Participants will receive 10 remote sessions with the curriculum
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.
Interventions
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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.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
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
2. Does not have access to a device with connection to the internet
18 Years
100 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Texas at Austin
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Sandy Magana, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Texas at Austin
Locations
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University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas, United States
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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STUDY00004046
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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