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CompletedNCT07205406Updated Oct 3, 2025

Parenting Training Effect on Quality of Life and Parenting in Parents Who Have Children With Intellectual Disabilities

An interventional study of group based-parenting training in Intellectual Disabilities (F70-F79), Quality of Life and Parenting Intervention, sponsored by STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk. Completed at 1 site in Indonesia. Open to female participants aged 30 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-10-03.

Sponsored by STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2025, registered Sep 2025).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
141
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
30 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

We conducted a non-randomized control trial. One hundred and forty-one participants in eleven special schools were included in an intervention group (N=71) to participate in parenteral training once a week for five weeks, and in a control group (N=70). Quality of care was evaluated using the Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC), and quality of life was evaluated using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) before and one week after the intervention. The study used within-group analysis (Wilcoxon test) and intergroup analysis (Mann-Whitney U test) to evaluate the effects of group-based parenting training. The Point-biserial correlation test was used to evaluate the effect size.

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This study used a quasi-experimental design, which was conducted based on a pretest-posttest control group. One hundred and forty-one mothers who have children with intellectual disabilities attending special schools in East Java, Indonesia, were recruited and divided into intervention (N=71) and control group (N = 70) according to a special school using a convenience sampling method.

The inclusion criteria were

  • having a child aged 7-18 years who has mild and moderate intellectual disabilities
  • living in the same house as a child with intellectual disabilities,
  • being able to communicate fluently The exclusion criteria were
  • having disabilities
  • having a child with intellectual disabilities who has a chronic disease
  • having a child with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities Parenting quality was evaluated using the Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC) developed by Gibaud-Wallston and Wandersman, adapted from Johnston and Marsh. Quality of life was evaluated using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) (Cronbach Alpha= 0.66-0.8) developed by the WHO . The control and intervention groups were given a parenting guidebook for children with intellectual disabilities. The intervention group received approximately three hours of parenting training once a week for 5 weeks. The intervention group received parenting training focused on understanding children with intellectual disabilities in the first week, practical parenting skills in the second week, and how to provide emotional support and regulate parental emotions in the third week. Knowledge and skills were reinforced in the fourth and fifth weeks. The intervention group received training in small groups, each consisting of only 10 participants. The training involved experts in mental health counseling, pediatric nurses, special school teachers, and a motivator. The Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for continuous variables with non-normal distributions, as well as the Chi-squared test for qualitative variables. The Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney U tests were used for continuous variables with non-normal distributions. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. The point-biserial correlation test was used to evaluate the effect size.
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Conditions studied

  • Intellectual Disabilities (F70-F79)
  • Quality of Life
  • Parenting Intervention

Keywords

  • intellectual disabilities
  • parenting
  • quality of life
  • parenting training
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In context

Intellectual Disability

363 studies on the registry are indexed under Intellectual Disability; 103 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 141 is above the median of 53 across 236 interventional studies indexed under Intellectual Disability.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk as lead sponsor.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years and older
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • having a child aged 7-18 years who has mild and moderate intellectual disabilities
  • living in the same house as a child with intellectual disabilities
  • being able to communicate fluently

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • having disabilities
  • having a child with intellectual disabilities who has a chronic disease
  • having a child with intellectual disabilities and other disabilities bilities
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
141 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    parenting training group

    mothers who have children with intellectual disabilities received parenting training in a group for approximately three hours, once a week for 5 weeks. They also received a parenting guidebook for children with intellectual disabilities

    Behavioral: group based-parenting training

  • No intervention
    control group

    mothers who have children with intellectual disabilities received a parenting guidebook for children with intellectual disabilities

Interventions

  • Behavioralgroup based-parenting training

    The group received approximately three hours of parenting training once a week for 5 weeks that focused on understanding children with ID in the first week, practical parenting skills in the second week, and how to provide emotional support and regulate parental emotions in the third week. Knowledge and skills were reinforced in the fourth and fifth weeks. The intervention group received training in small groups, each consisting of only 10 participants. The training involved experts in mental health counseling, pediatric nurses, special school teachers, and a motivator.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. quality of life of parents who have intellectual diasabilities

    Quality of life of parents was evaluated using the World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL-BREF) developed by the WHO The WHOQOL-BREF consists of four domains (physical health, psychological, social relationships, and environment) with 26 questions. The total score for each domain is transformed to a scale of 0-100 according to the scoring guidelines.

    Time frame: 1 week after intervention

  2. Parenting quality

    Parenting quality was evaluated using the Parenting Sense of Competence (PSOC) developed by Gibaud-Wallston and Wandersman, adapted from Johnston and Marsh. The PSOC consists of the domains of satisfaction and self-efficacy with parenting, which are assessed with 16 questions, with a satisfaction score ranging from 9 to 54 and a self-efficacy score from 7 to 42.

    Time frame: 1 week after intervention

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Study locations

1 site
  • Special school
    Nganjuk, East Java, Indonesia
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References and documents

Publications

  • Jenaro C, Flores N, Gutierrez-Bermejo B, Vega V, Perez C, Cruz M. Parental Stress and Family Quality of Life: Surveying Family Members of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 3;17(23):9007. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17239007. PubMed 33287284 ↗
  • Grenier-Martin, J., Rivard, M., Patel, S., Lanovaz, M. J., & Lefebvre, C. (2022). Randomized controlled trial on an online training to support caregivers of young children with intellectual and developmental disability managing problem behaviors at home. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31(12), 3485-3497.
  • Coren E, Ramsbotham K, Gschwandtner M. Parent training interventions for parents with intellectual disability. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Jul 13;7(7):CD007987. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007987.pub3. PubMed 30004571 ↗
  • Barratt M, Lewis P, Duckworth N, Jojo N, Malecka V, Tomsone S, Rituma D, Wilson NJ. Parental Experiences of Quality of Life When Caring for Their Children With Intellectual Disability: A Meta-Aggregation Systematic Review. J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2025 Jan;38(1):e70005. doi: 10.1111/jar.70005. PubMed 39763193 ↗
  • Alghamdi SA, Assiri MI, Fallatah RA, Albeladi FM, Alabdulaziz H, Alsaggaf F. Health-promoting activities among Saudi Arabian parents of children with disabilities: A cross-sectional study. Belitung Nurs J. 2025 Jan 26;11(1):75-82. doi: 10.33546/bnj.3624. eCollection 2025. PubMed 39877218 ↗

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Dec 20, 2024

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 3, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07205406
Lead sponsor
STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk
Responsible party
Rahayu Budi Utami (Principal investigator, STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 3, 2025
Start date
Jan 1, 2025
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2025
Completion
Aug 31, 2025
Last update
Oct 3, 2025

Study contacts

Rahayu B Utami, Magister
principal investigator · STIKes Satria Bhakti Nganjuk

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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