NCT04460677

ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Telehealth for Distress Related to COVID-19

ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Telehealth for Distress Related to COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and effectiveness of a brief, telehealth intervention (the Emotional Support Plan), intended to support autistic adults to cope with their negative emotions during and/or after the COVID-19 pandemic. The first objective is to develop and refine a brief telehealth-delivered treatment, the Emotional Support Plan (ESP), to help promote adults to cope during periods of acute distress, such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. The second objective is to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the ESP to support autistic adults to implement emotion regulation strategies during periods of acute distress. The last objective is to yield preliminary data to apply for extramural grants to validate these methods to monitor and support mental health of autistic adults during key transitions (e.g., starting college).

Conditions

• Psychological Distress
• Stress, Psychological
• Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Emotional Support Plan	The Emotional Support Plan (ESP) is designed to help adults to cope during periods of acute distress, such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BEHAVIORAL	Daily Monitoring	The daily monitoring will remind participants 4x/day to report on their mood, distress, etc. and use their ESP if needed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-12
• Primary completion: 2022-02-09
• Completion: 2022-02-09
• First posted: 2020-07-07
• Last updated: 2022-08-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States