Dialogical Family Guidance PostDoc Study
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-13
SponsorTampere University
About this trial
This new family intervention, called Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG) is developed to target family needs especially in families with a child with neurodevelopmental disorders. PhD study showed, that this intervention is functioning with this target group. Participants (families) experienced that they got information, guidance to ordinary life and that the DFG-therapists were listening to them and above all, helping with individual problems and questions. DFG include six meetings and professionals need to attend on a 3-day long education before using this intervention.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Families with a child with clinical diagnosis within neurodevelopmental ambrella (ADHD, Tourette, Autism disorder, OCD...).
the child must be between 4-13 years.
Disqualifiers
Families who do not understand finnish language (because they can not fill the questionnaires and professionals offering DFG are all finnish speaking). At least one parent needs to talk finnish.
Families who are not motivated to receive DFG.
Families who do not have a child with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Dialogical Family Guidance (DFG)
BehavioralDFG is family intervention including six meetings with family members. The individual needs and questions of each family are discussed and issues parents bring up are seemed as important.
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: comparative groupNo intervention 0 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
FAFHES
FAFHES (Family Function, Health, and Social Support-questionnaire). The name of the questionnaire explains the content of this questionnaire that includes three sections: family functionality (19 items), family health (23 items), family support provided by professionals (21 items). Likert scale is used with ranging from 1-6 (1= disagree totally......6=I agree totally).
Time frame
0 months and 3 monthsSecondary outcomes
1
DFG-questionnaire
This questionnaire has been developed for DFG intervention including questions about the intervention sessions and themes. Items are included: e.g. questions about the amount and time consumed on DFG, content as a whole, practical advances, did your family get help, would you recommend this to other families. Likert scale from 1-5 is used. Two open ended questions in the end of the questionnaire is included.
Time frame
3 months2
SDQ-p questionnaire (Strengths and difficulties regarding the child)
Measures changes in child's behavior. Includes 25 items with 3 point likert scale.
Time frame
0 months and 3 monthsSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov