Resilience Training Intervention: Its Effect on Parental Acceptance/Rejection and Burden of Children With Down Syndrome

Sponsor
Ain Shams University
Study ID
NCT07306923
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Conditions

  • Down Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • resilience training intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    A structured resilience training program delivered to parents of children with Down syndrome. The program consists of sessions designed to improve psychological resilience, enhance parental acceptance, and reduce caregiving burden. Training methods may include group discussions, skill-building exercises, and home practice tasks.

Study Details

This research will test whether a resilience training program can help parents of children with Down syndrome feel more accepting of their child and experience less caregiving burden. Parents who care for a child with Down syndrome often face stress and emotional challenges. Building psychological resilience-the ability to adapt and recover from stress-may improve how parents cope and relate to their children. The study will include about 50 parents of children with Down syndrome. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: Experimental group: Receives the resilience training program. Control group: Receives usual care. Study phases Before the program: Parents complete questionnaires that measure their resilience, their acceptance or rejection of their child, and their caregiving burden. During the program: Parents in the experimental group attend a structured resilience training program based on their expressed needs. After the program: The same questionnaires are repeated immediately after the program and again at a follow-up to see if any changes last. The research hypothesis is that parents who take part in the resilience training will show higher acceptance, lower rejection, and reduced caregiving burden compared with parents who receive usual care. This study will provide evidence on whether resilience training is a helpful, practical, and safe way to support families raising a child with Down syndrome.

Key Dates

First listed
Dec 29, 2025
Start date
Dec 31, 2025
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Mar 31, 2026
Completion
Apr 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: Resilience Training Intervention (experimental)
    Resilience Training Intervention
  • No Intervention: Usual Care (Control)
    Usual Care

Primary Outcome Measure

Parental Acceptance-Rejection scale [ Time Frame: Baseline (pre-intervention), immediately post-intervention, and 1-month follow-up ]

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