Early positive approaches to support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Coulman, Elinor, Gore, Nick, Moody, Gwenllian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-4944, Wright, Melissa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1011-4795, Segrott, Jeremy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-0870, Gillespie, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6934-2928, Petrou, Stavros, Lugg-Widger, Fiona ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0029-9703, Kim, Sungwook, Bradshaw, Jill, McNamara, Rachel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7280-1611, Jahoda, Andrew, Lindsay, Geoff, Shurlock, Jacqui, Totsika, Vaso, Stanford, Catherine, Flynn, Samantha, Carter, Annabel, Barlow, Christian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5759-0310 and Hastings, Richard P. 2021. Early positive approaches to support (E-PAtS) for families of young children with intellectual disability: a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry 12 , 729129. 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.729129

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Background: Parents of children with intellectual disabilities are likely to experience poorer mental well-being and face challenges accessing support. Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) is a group-based programme, co-produced with parents and professionals, based on existing research evidence and a developmental systems approach to support parental mental well-being. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of community service provider organisations delivering E-PAtS to parents/family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability, to inform a potential definitive randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of E-PAtS. Methods: This study was a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial, with embedded process evaluation. Up to two parents/family caregivers of a child (18 months to <6 years old) with intellectual disability were recruited at research sites and allocated to intervention (E-PAtS and usual practise) or control (usual practise) on a 1:1 basis at cluster (family) level. Data were collected at baseline and 3 and 12 months' post-randomisation. The following feasibility outcomes were assessed: participant recruitment rates and effectiveness of recruitment pathways; retention rates; intervention adherence and fidelity; service provider recruitment rates and willingness to participate in a future trial; barriers and facilitating factors for recruitment, engagement, and intervention delivery; and feasibility of collecting outcome measures. Results: Seventy-four families were randomised to intervention or control (n = 37). Retention rates were 72% at 12 months post-randomisation, and completion of the proposed primary outcome measure (WEMWBS) was 51%. Recruitment of service provider organisations and facilitators was feasible and intervention implementation acceptable. Adherence to the intervention was 76% and the intervention was well-received by participants; exploratory analyses suggest that adherence and attendance may be associated with improved well-being. Health economic outcome measures were collected successfully and evidence indicates that linkage with routine data would be feasible in a future trial. Conclusions: The E-PAtS Feasibility RCT has demonstrated that the research design and methods of intervention implementation are generally feasible. Consideration of the limitations of this feasibility trial and any barriers to conducting a future definitive trial, do however, need to be considered by researchers. Clinical Trial Registration: https://www.isrctn.com, identifier: ISRCTN70419473.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Centre for Trials Research (CNTRR)
Additional Information:	This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY)
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	1664-0640
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	16 March 2022
Date of Acceptance:	30 November 2021
Last Modified:	02 May 2023 18:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/148164

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