The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled
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The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) study: study protocol for a feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial of a group programme (E-PAtS) for family caregivers of young children with intellectual disability Elinor Coulman1 , Richard Hastings2*, Nick Gore3*, David Gillespie1, Rachel McNamara1, Stavros Petrou4, Jeremy Segrott5, Jill Bradshaw3, Kerry Hood1, Andrew Jahoda6, Geoff Lindsay2, Fiona Lugg-Widger1, Michael Robling1, Jacqui Shurlock7 and Vaso Totsika8
Abstract Background: Children with intellectual disability have an IQ < 70, associated deficits in adaptive skills and are at increased risk of having clinically concerning levels of behaviour problems. In addition, parents of children with intellectual disability are likely to report high levels of mental health and other psychological problems. The Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) programme for family caregivers of young children (5 years and under) with intellectual and developmental disabilities is a group-based intervention which aims to enhance parental psychosocial wellbeing and service access and support positive development for children. The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of delivering E-PAtS to family caregivers of children with intellectual disability by community parenting support service provider organisations. The study will inform a potential, definitive RCT of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of E-PAtS. (Continued on next page)
* Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected] 2 Centre for Educational Development Appraisal and Research, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 3 Tizard Centre, University of Kent, Cornwallis North East, Canterbury CT2 7NF, UK Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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