Pilot Evaluation of a Psychoeducation Group for Family Caregivers of Children and Adolescents With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (CPG-CA) in China

NCT06900465 · tracked via the Priya Life Science China tracker

Sponsor

Shanghai Mental Health Center

Phase

Not applicable

Started

2025-06-01

Last updated

2025-03-28

Condition(s) studied

Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Caregiver Psychoeducation Group for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (CPG-CA)

Caregiver Psychoeducation Group for Children and Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (CPG-CA): The CPG-CA intervention is a group psychoeducational internvention for family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs in China. It will consist of 10 to 15 family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs, meeting once a week for 1.5 to 2 hours per session, for a total of 12 sessions over a 3-month period. The sessions will cover the following themes: (1) knowledge about child and adolescent emotional and behavioral disorders; (2) coping skills for common emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents; (3) problem-solving skills; (4) communication skills with children and adolescents; (5) positive parenting techniques; and (6) self-care techniques. A variety of facilitation techniques will be used in the intervention, including didactic teaching, group discussion, role-playing, and homework assignment.

Study summary

The goal of this waitlist-controlled randomized pilot trial is to premilinariliy learn if the CPG-CA internvention, a group psychoeducational intervention for family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders, works to relieve caregiver burden among family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in China. It will also learn about the acceptability of the CPG-CA intervention. The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does the CPG-CA intervention relieve caregiver burden among family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in China? Is the CPG-CA intervention acceptable to family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in China?

Researchers will compare the CPG-CA intervention to care-as-usual to see if the CPG-CA internvention works to relieve caregiver burden among family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders in China.

Participants will receive the CPG-CA intervention or care-as-usual for 12 weeks.

Eligibility

Sex

ALL

Min age

18 Years

Max age

—

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Family caregivers of children and adolescents under the age of 18 with emotional and behavioral disorders; 2. The child or adolescent must have a confirmed diagnosis of an emotional or behavioral disorder, including: emotional and behavioral disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence, mood disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), eating disorders, schizophrenia, and addictive disorders; 3. Providing care for a child or adolescent with an emotional or behavioral disorder for at least three months; 4. Aged 18 or older; 5. Able to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Caregivers of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, intellectual disability); 2. Paid caregivers; 3. Caregivers with severe physical illnesses or mental disorders; 4. Caregivers under the age of 18; 5. Those unable to provide informed consent; 6. Caregivers who are simultaneously participating in other support groups for family caregivers of children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Primary outcome measure(s)

Caregiver burden — Baseline (T0) and 3 months (T1)
Participants' caregiver burden will be assessed using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).

Trial sites (1)

Facility	City	Region	Status
Shanghai Mental Health Center	Shanghai	Shanghai Municipality

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Official registry record

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