Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2015
An Online Health Prevention Intervention for Youth with Addicted or Mentally Ill Parents: Experiences and Perspectives of Participants and Providers from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Barriers to and facilitators of user engagement with web-based mental health interventions in young people: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Parenting interventions for people with schizophrenia or related serious mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Barriers to and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions for people with both severe mental illness and substance misuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- An online intervention for 18-25-year-old youth whose parents have a mental illness and/or substance use disorder: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Understanding Adolescents' Perceived Barriers to Engagement in Online Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Programs for Anxiety and Their Ideas for Enhancing User Experience.Journal of clinical psychology · 2025Article
- Nursing interventions for improving quality of life among parents with major Thalassemic children: a scoping review.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Lessons to be learned from an attempted RCT: iCHIMPS-an online intervention for adolescents with mentally Ill parents.Frontiers in digital health · 2025Article
- A phenomenological investigation of kinship involvement in the lives of children whose parents have mental illness.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Clinical- and Cost Effectiveness of a Guided Internet-Based Intervention for Children (12-18 Years) of Parents With Mental Disorders (iCHIMPS): Study Protocol of a Multicentered Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in digital health · 2022Article
- Community-based support for children who are next-of-kin for a parent experiencing illness or disability - a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Perceived Support and Sense of Social Belonging in Young Adults Who Have a Parent With a Mental Illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Web-Based Intervention for Young Adults Whose Parents Have a Mental Illness or Substance Use Concern: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Preventive digital mental health interventions for children and young people: a review of the design and reporting of research.NPJ digital medicine · 2020Review
- An Online Intervention to Promote Mental Health and Wellbeing for Young Adults Whose Parents Have Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Problems: Theoretical Basis and Intervention Description.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Review
- Ethical issues in using the internet to engage participants in family and child research: A scoping review.PloS one · 2018Article
- A web-based group course intervention for 15-25-year-olds whose parents have substance use problems or mental illness: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Being Human: A Qualitative Interview Study Exploring Why a Telehealth Intervention for Management of Chronic Conditions Had a Modest Effect.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Article
- Children of Parents with Mental Illness: The Need for Family Focussed Interventions in India.Indian journal of psychological medicineReview
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Abstract
backgroundMental illnesses affect many people around the world, either directly or indirectly. Families of persons suffering from mental illness or addiction suffer too, especially their children. In the Netherlands, 864,000 parents meet the diagnostic criteria for a mental illness or addiction. Evidence shows that offspring of mentally ill or addicted parents are at risk for developing mental disorders or illnesses themselves. The Kopstoring course is an online 8-week group course with supervision by 2 trained psychologists or social workers, aimed to prevent behavioral and psychological problems for children (aged 16 to 25 years) of parents with mental health problems or addictions. The course addresses themes such as roles in the family and mastery skills. An online randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the Kopstoring course.
objectiveThe aim was to gain knowledge about expectations, experiences, and perspectives of participants and providers of the online Kopstoring course.
methodsA process evaluation was performed to evaluate the online delivery of Kopstoring and the experiences and perspectives of participants and providers of Kopstoring. Interviews were performed with members from both groups. Participants were drawn from a sample from the Kopstoring RCT.
resultsThirteen participants and 4 providers were interviewed. Five main themes emerged from these interviews: background, the requirements for the intervention, experience with the intervention, technical aspects, and research aspects. Overall, participants and providers found the intervention to be valuable because it was online; therefore, protecting their anonymity was considered a key component. Most barriers existed in the technical sphere. Additional barriers existed with conducting the RCT, namely gathering informed consent and gathering parental consent in the case of minors.
conclusionsThis study provides valuable insight into participants' and providers' experiences and expectations with the online preventive intervention Kopstoring. It also sheds light on the process of the online provision of Kopstoring and the accompanying RCT. The findings of this study may partly explain dropout rates when delivering online interventions. The change in the (financial) structure of the youth mental health care system in the Netherlands has financial implications for the delivery of prevention programs for youth. Lastly, there are few RCTs that assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of online prevention programs in the field of (youth) mental health care and not many process evaluations of these programs exist. This hampers a good comparison between online interventions and the expectations and experiences of the participants and providers.
trial registrationNederlands Trial Register: NTR1982; http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=1982 (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/6d8xYDQbB).
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