New app aims to ease stress for parents of kids with autism
NCT ID NCT05927207
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a mobile app called TRIP designed to support Chinese parents of children with autism. The app provides mindfulness training and parenting tips over 6 weeks. Researchers measured if parents found the app useful and if it helped reduce their stress and anxiety. The study involved 40 parents in Hong Kong.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- mobile app-based intervention (TRIP) with mindfulness training and educational modules
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this app could provide a low-cost, accessible way to reduce stress and improve well-being for parents of children with autism.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to all parents. The app's benefits are uncertain and need larger trials to confirm.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Finished
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Aug 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Chinese parents living in Hong Kong * Parents caring for ASD children, diagnosed by clinicians according to the criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) criteria and aged ≤12 * Recruited from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric clinic at the Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, a regional hospital providing the sole public child and adolescent psychiatric service in the New-Territory East Cluster of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong * Able to read and understand Cantonese * Have access to an internet-enabled mobile phone with a valid phone number for the duration of the pilot trial Exclusion Criteria: * Parents who are not the main carer of their ASD children * Currently receiving psychological interventions * Undergoing mindfulness training will be excluded
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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