Group CBT in Parents of Children With Food Allergy
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Summary
Parents of children with food allergies that are medically established will be able to participate in 6 one-hour weekly virtual Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) groups, and outcomes will be measured for anxiety, depression and quality of life. Possible benefits include improvement in psychological functioning and quality of life of families, as well as improved understanding of the use of group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for parents of children with medically established food allergies.
Description
This will be a non-blinded, prospective cohort study. Scores related to quality of life, depression, and anxiety will be measured at baseline, upon completion of the respective interventions, and 2 months after completion in parents of food allergic children. Instruments used will include the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) (baseline screening), Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) (baseline screening), Food Allergy Quality of Life - Parental Burden Scale (FAQL-PB) the Pediatric Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire (PFA-QL) parent form, the Food Allergy Self-Efficacy Scale for P…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 1–17 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Parent, age \>18yrs 2. All genders 3. Child must be aged 18 months - 17yrs with serious food allergy(ies), medically diagnosed 4. Meets cut-offs for anxiety and/or depression on the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (need to define) 5. Parent can be on stable doses of antidepressants or anxiety medications but all doses must remain stable for 1 month before study and during it as well as for 2 months after the groups are completed: to fill out final questionnaires 6. Both parents of a child may enroll but will need to agree to fill out all questionnaires separately…
Interventions
- BehavioralCBT
Virtual CBT groups
Location
- University Health Behavioral Health Canvas BuildingKansas City, Missouri