Smartphone-based psychoeducation for parents of children with regulatory problems

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00019001

Enrollment

136

Registered

2020-01-28

Start date

2019-02-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

DC:0-5: excessive crying disorder, sleep onset disorder, night waking disorder, undereating disorder, other sleep, eating and excessive crying disrder of infancy/ early childhood

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: The intervention group gets exclusive and unlimited access to the app "Unser kleiner Schreihals" during the waiting period until the first consultation in the cry baby o

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 Months to 24 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: contact in the run-up to a first consultation in the cry baby outpatient clinic of kbo-Kinderzentrum. regulatory problems (crying, sleeping and/or feeding)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: child older than 24 months; no consent for study participation

Design outcomes

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
post-treatment (t2); compared to pre-treatment (t1) and to waiting control group: - Parental knowledge about regulatory problems: Score in questionnaire "Multiple-Choice-Test über Schreien, Schlafen, Füttern" (self-developed instrument using face-validity) - Perceived parental self-efficacy: Score in questionnaire "The Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PMP S-E)" (Barnes & Adamson-Macedo, 2007; version professionally translated into German) - Child symptoms (duration/severity/kind): Score in questionnaire „Schreien, Füttern, Schlafen (SFS)“ (Groß, Reck, Thiel-Bonney, & Cierpka, 2013) - Perceived parental social support: Score in questionnaire "Fragebogen zur Sozialen Unterstützung (F-SozU)" (Fydrich, Sommer & Brähler, 2007; short form containing 22 items) Sample description/ covariates: - General information: Questionnaire containing demographic information and cause for contacting crying ambulance (t1) - App-Evaluation: Evaluation questionnaire of app-usage (t2) - Clinical diagnosis according to DC:0-5 (Zero to Three, 2016) (after first consultation appointment)	—

Measure

Time frame

post-treatment (t2); compared to pre-treatment (t1) and to waiting control group: - Parental knowledge about regulatory problems: Score in questionnaire "Multiple-Choice-Test über Schreien, Schlafen, Füttern" (self-developed instrument using face-validity) - Perceived parental self-efficacy: Score in questionnaire "The Perceived Maternal Parenting Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PMP S-E)" (Barnes & Adamson-Macedo, 2007; version professionally translated into German) - Child symptoms (duration/severity/kind): Score in questionnaire „Schreien, Füttern, Schlafen (SFS)“ (Groß, Reck, Thiel-Bonney, & Cierpka, 2013) - Perceived parental social support: Score in questionnaire "Fragebogen zur Sozialen Unterstützung (F-SozU)" (Fydrich, Sommer & Brähler, 2007; short form containing 22 items) Sample description/ covariates: - General information: Questionnaire containing demographic information and cause for contacting crying ambulance (t1) - App-Evaluation: Evaluation questionnaire of app-usage (t2) - Clinical diagnosis according to DC:0-5 (Zero to Three, 2016) (after first consultation appointment)

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Primary

Measure	Time frame
post-treatment (t2); compared to pre-treatment (t1) and to waiting control group: Parental stress/burden: Score in questionnaire "Eltern-Belastungs-Inventar" (Tröster, 2010; German version of "Parenting Stress Index (PSI)", Abidin, 1983, 2012)	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMichaela Augustin

Lehrstuhl für Sozialpädiatrie der Technischen Universität

michaela.augustin@kbo.de0049 89 71009 - 392

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026