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Remote video interaction guidance for families of children with an intellectual disability who have been referred to specialist mental health services

A feasibility trial of remotely-delivered video interaction guidance for families of children with a learning disability referred to specialist mental health services: the VIG-LD study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN13171328
Enrollment
50
Registered
2022-12-28
Start date
2023-01-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-03-30

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Intellectual disability Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Parents who are interested meet with a researcher to check if the study is definitely for them (screening). If it is, parents provide information about themselves and their child in two ways: by filli
how many stay in the study at 6 months and complete the study questionnaires
how many families complete VIG, whether remote VIG is acceptable to families and services, and what factors make it easy or difficult to offer or take up remote VIG. At the end of the study, the resea

Sponsors

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. The parent has a child who is aged between 6 and 12 years (up to one day before 13th birthday on screening day) 2. The parent is the child’s biological, foster, adoptive or step mother or father or any other caregiver. The parent provides informed consent for participation 3. The child has an administratively defined LD: i.e., an administrative label within the education, health or social care system identifying the child as having LD; or as eligible for neurodevelopmental services; or a diagnosis (learning/intellectual disability or [global] developmental delay for younger children). The child may be diagnosed with additional conditions (e.g., Down syndrome) or co-occurring neurodevelopmental disabilities conditions (autism). Children with LD and co-occurring conditions are eligible. 4. The child has a composite score of <80 on Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (Vineland-3 30) indicating significant developmental delay 5. The child has been referred to a specialist child mental health service (new or existing referral)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Another sibling participates in the trial 2. The child lives with the parent <50% of the time, or is in a 24-h residential placement (inpatient unit or residential school) 3. The parent is receiving another video feedback intervention (e.g., VIPP, VIPP-SD, Marte Meo, Video Parent-Child Interaction) either remotely or in person 4. The family is under active family court proceedings

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Participant recruitment rate: the number of parents found to be eligible for the trial amongst those undergoing formal screening and the number of those screened who are randomised. 2. Study retention at 6 months follow-up: the percentage of participants who at the 6m follow-up have at least one questionnaire measure completed among all participants who consented to participate in the study. 3. VIG completion rate (3 out of a maximum 5 VIG cycles completed) : How many participants in the VIG group complete the expected 3 cycles of VIG.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Completeness of outcome measures: the number of participants who provide useable data on each study measure, estimated separately at each time point for every measure. 2. Acceptability of VIG to parents: analysis of qualitative data to identify what is helpful and/or challenging about engaging with remote VIG 3. Acceptability of VIG to clinicians: analysis of qualitative data to identify what is helpful and/or challenging about offering VIG remotely 4. Feasibility of remote implementation: analysis of qualitative data to describe perceived effectiveness, likely adaptations and any unintended implementation failures. 5. Preliminary assessment of service use and costs of remote delivery of VIG in specialist mental health services: how much it costs services to offer VIG remotely and whether researchers can collect data about the other health and social care services participants used during the study.

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactCharmaine Kohn
VIG-LD@tavi-port.nhs.uk+44 (0)20 7435 7111

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 4, 2026