NCT07345806

A Pilot Study on an ACT-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers

Promoting Wellbeing and Personal Values: A Pilot Study on a Group-Based Program for Individuals With Special Needs and Their Caregivers

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Parenting children with special health care needs can be stressful and weigh on the caregivers' mental health. For the individuals with special needs, the mismatch between their needs and the normative practice in the world around them can be frustrating and detrimental to their functioning. The demands and concerns to these families can be so real that it may not be sensible to examine the validity or helpfulness of the distressing thoughts or feelings but to promote psychological flexibility, which is a key to value-guided living. This pilot study explores the effects and feasibility of a group-based intervention for families of individuals with special health care needs.

Conditions

• Parenting Stress
• Psychological Flexibility

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a well-established and evidence-based psychotherapy for individuals at different ages and with different clinical needs. The protocol used in the current study is adapted from an established local group intervention and tailored to families of individuals with special health care needs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-10-14
• Primary completion: 2027-03-31
• Completion: 2027-03-31
• First posted: 2026-01-16
• Last updated: 2026-01-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong