ACT Combined Yoga for Parental Burnout in Parents with Autistic Children

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-01

Study Completion Date

2025-05-31

Brief Summary

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OBJECTIVE: To explore the intervention effect of ACT combined with a yoga intervention program on parenting burnout in parents with ASD.

METHODS: This study used a combination of qualitative research and quantitative analysis to examine the intervention effects of an ACT-centered intervention program on parenting burnout in parents of children with ASD, and to clarify the evaluations and perceptions of parents with ASD about the research program through qualitative research.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: To clarify the intervention effect of ACT combined with yoga intervention program on parenting burnout of ASD parents.

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Detailed Description

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This study will focus on parents of children with ASD, and through literature review, intervention research, qualitative research, and other methods, based on PRO, adopt acceptance commitment therapy as the core intervention program to explore the improvement of parenting burnout, stress level and quality of life of parents, to enhance the psychological flexibility of parents with ASD, so that parents can positively cope with negative emotions and adverse events in life, and to promote the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of child care, so as to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD, and to enhance the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD. The program promotes the physical and mental health of parents and the quality of care for their children, thereby enhancing the well-being and quality of life of families with ASD.

Conditions

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Autism Spectrum Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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ACT-Y

Based on ACT and supplemented by Hatha Yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used a combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online Hatha Yoga training. ACT-Y intervention will be based on ACT combined with Yoga training and comprises a programme divided into eight 1-hour sessions conducted over 8 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention used a combination of online and offline methods, based on ACT, supplemented by hatha yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used the combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online hatha yoga training, and the control group used mental health education, so as to explore and validate the effect of ACT combined with yoga on the improvement of parental parental burnout in children with ASD. The offline ACT psychological intervention was implemented by the researchers and psychologists, and the ACT psychological intervention was carried out once a week in community health centers or hospitals for 8 weeks. Online, a WeChat group was set up for parents with ASD, and Hatha Yoga training content and videos were sent to the group chat, and the researchers and volunteers supervised the training and clocking in and out of the group, three times a week.

Mental Health Education Group

The control group also received 8 weeks of mental health education, including stress coping strategies, scientific parenting knowledge, and emotional management skills.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.

Interventions

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Acceptance commitment therapy and yoga

The intervention used a combination of online and offline methods, based on ACT, supplemented by hatha yoga exercise intervention, the intervention group used the combination of offline ACT psychological intervention and online hatha yoga training, and the control group used mental health education, so as to explore and validate the effect of ACT combined with yoga on the improvement of parental parental burnout in children with ASD. The offline ACT psychological intervention was implemented by the researchers and psychologists, and the ACT psychological intervention was carried out once a week in community health centers or hospitals for 8 weeks. Online, a WeChat group was set up for parents with ASD, and Hatha Yoga training content and videos were sent to the group chat, and the researchers and volunteers supervised the training and clocking in and out of the group, three times a week.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Active Comparator: Mental Health Education Group

The control group was provided with 8 weeks of mental health education, including emotional management skills, positive coping styles, and scientific parenting methods.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Parents of children diagnosed with ASD based on DSM-5
* Parental burnout exists in parents
* Parents have normal speech, hearing and cognitive functioning
* Is the primary caregiver for children
* Informed consent and voluntary participation

Exclusion Criteria

* Untreated ongoing or severe psychiatric disorders such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, schizophrenia, etc.;
* other more serious psychosomatic disorders that would interfere with the intervention.

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No