Videoconferencing-based Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Parents of Children With Special Health Care Needs: A Non-randomised Controlled Feasibility Trial
The purpose of the proposed non-randomized waitlist-controlled design study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of using a Videoconferencing-based Individual Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) approach to enhance the mental well-being of parents of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) over a three-month period after the intervention has taken place.
• Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents aged ≥21 years;
• living together with the child who is at preschool/school-age (3-9 years old);
• adopt the responsibility of taking care of the child;
• access to reliable Internet access via either computers and/or smartphones and be committed to maintaining internet access for the duration of the intervention
⁃ In addition, potential eligible parents who respond yes to any of the five validated screening questions in the Children with Special Health Care Needs (SHCN) Screener will then be asked the associated follow-up questions to determine whether the child possesses physical, neurodevelopmental/emotional problem(s) that has lasted for at least 12 months. Only children with a positive response(s) to ≥ 1 item in each of the associated follow-up questions will be classified as children with SHCN