Digital Support Strategies for Caregiver Home Practice

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-03-17

Study Completion Date

2027-07-31

Brief Summary

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This project is a pilot trial of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app") as an add on to a family-based prevention program. Although there are many evidence-based preventive interventions delivered to caregivers to prevent youth substance use and mental illness and promote youth positive family and youth outcomes, the impact of these interventions is often limited by low home practice of intervention skills among caregivers. The Engaging Families home practice app is a digital behavior change intervention that was developed to support caregivers in practicing intervention skills at home. Researchers will ask participants if the app was acceptable and feasible for daily use at home. Researchers may also compare how often caregivers who use the study app do home practice of intervention skills compared with caregivers who do not receive the home practice app but are encouraged to use an app to help schedule their activities.

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Detailed Description

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The goals of the current pilot trial are to examine the acceptability and feasibility of the Engaging Families home practice smartphone application (or "app"). The Engaging Families app was developed and designed to support families who are already enrolled in and participating in the family-based prevention program Bridges. Families will be assigned to either receive the Engaging Families home practice app or another app to support parents' home practice of skills that they learn during the Bridges program. Acceptability and feasibility as well as preliminary effects will be assessed via survey measures. Select participants will be invited to participate in a post-intervention interview to also assess acceptability and feasibility of the app intervention.

Conditions

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Acceptability Feasibility Studies

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Engaging Families App

Participants in this arm will receive the Engaging Families home practice app

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Engaging Families home practice app

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is a smartphone application (or "app") that was developed to support caregiver home practice of intervention skills. The app was designed to support caregivers participating in the Bridges program, an evidence-based, family-based preventive intervention. Features of the app were developed to help caregivers overcome common barriers to practicing intervention skills at home.

Active control app

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Scheduling app

Intervention Type OTHER

The Cozi Family Organizer is a smartphone application that will be given to caregivers randomized to the active control group. Cozi is a highly rated family organization app with features that include a family calendar, to do list, shopping list, and daily agenda. Cozi is available on Android and iPhone devices.

Interventions

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Engaging Families home practice app

The intervention is a smartphone application (or "app") that was developed to support caregiver home practice of intervention skills. The app was designed to support caregivers participating in the Bridges program, an evidence-based, family-based preventive intervention. Features of the app were developed to help caregivers overcome common barriers to practicing intervention skills at home.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Scheduling app

The Cozi Family Organizer is a smartphone application that will be given to caregivers randomized to the active control group. Cozi is a highly rated family organization app with features that include a family calendar, to do list, shopping list, and daily agenda. Cozi is available on Android and iPhone devices.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Informed consent
* Ownership and regular use of a smartphone
* English or Spanish language fluency
* Concurrent enrollment in the family-based EBI Bridges
* Parent of a child aged 11-17 years old

* Parent/guardian consent
* Informed assent
* Parent is enrolled in the study
* English reading ability at the 4th grade level or higher

Exclusion Criteria

\- Decline to download the home practice app on their personal smartphone.

* No parent/guardian consent
* Parent/guardian is not enrolled in the study concurrently

Minimum Eligible Age

11 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes