NCT06900465

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

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanghai Mental Health Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

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.

Detailed description

In China, most children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BDs) are living with families. With an extreme scarcity of child and adolescent mental health care resources in China, the primary caregiving responsibility for children and adolescents with E/BDs is laid on families. However, caregiving for children and adolescents with E/BDs could be challenging, and family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs often describe their caregiving experiences as exhausting and burdensome. To date, very few interventions in China have been designed to relieve caregiver burden among family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a randomized, wait-list controlled pilot trial to preliminarily evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of the CPG-CA intervention, a group psychoeducational intervention for family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs, in reducing caregiver burden among family caregivers of children and adolescents with E/BDs in China. This pilot trial will lay the groundwork for a major trial that will be conducted in future studies.

Conditions

• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Children and Adolescents

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	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.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-31
• Completion: 2026-04-30
• First posted: 2025-03-28
• Last updated: 2025-03-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China