TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cluxton-Keller, Fallon
AU  - Hegel, Mark T
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/10/4
TI  - A Video-Delivered Family Therapeutic Intervention for Perinatal Women With Clinically Significant Depressive Symptoms and Family Conflict: Indicators of Feasibility and Acceptability
JO  - JMIR Form Res
SP  - e41697
VL  - 6
IS  - 10
KW  - family intervention
KW  - perinatal
KW  - postnatal
KW  - depression
KW  - conflict
KW  - telehealth
KW  - family conflict
KW  - family therapy
KW  - family therapist
KW  - video conferencing
KW  - teleconference
KW  - teleconferencing
KW  - telemedicine
KW  - virtual care
KW  - mental health
KW  - psychological health
KW  - digital health intervention
KW  - parenting
AB  - Background: Variation in family therapeutic intervention fidelity has an impact on outcomes. The use of video conferencing technology can strengthen therapist fidelity to family therapeutic interventions. Objective: This article explores indicators of feasibility and acceptability for a video-delivered family therapeutic intervention for perinatal women with depressive symptoms and family conflict. The objectives of this article are to describe indicators of feasibility, including therapist fidelity to the intervention and technological factors that relate to implementation of the intervention, as well as indicators of acceptability for participants of the intervention. Methods: The data included in this article are from an ongoing randomized trial of the Resilience Enhancement Skills Training (REST) video-delivered family therapeutic intervention. Participant recruitment and data collection are still underway for this clinical trial. Of the 106 participants who are currently enrolled in this study, 54 (51%) have been randomized to receive REST from May 2021 through July 2022. Currently, 2 therapists are delivering the intervention, and the training procedures for therapists are summarized herein. Therapist fidelity to the family therapeutic intervention was assessed in 67 audio recorded sessions. The training procedures were summarized for use of video conferencing technology by therapists and the 54 study participants. Knowledge of the video conferencing technology features was assessed in therapists and study participants by the number of attempts required to use the features. Participant responsiveness to the intervention was assessed by the percentage of attended sessions and percentage of complete homework assignments. Results: To date, both therapists have demonstrated high fidelity to the family therapeutic intervention and used all video conferencing technology features on their first attempt. The current participants required 1 to 3 attempts to use 1 or more of the video conferencing technology features. About 59% (n=32) of the current participants immediately accessed the features on the first attempt. Our results show that perinatal women attended all sessions, and their family members attended 80% of the sessions. To date, participants have completed 80% of the homework assignments. Conclusions: These early findings describe indicators of the feasibility and acceptability of the video-delivered family therapeutic intervention for use with this high priority population. Upon completion of recruitment and data collection, a subsequent article will include a mixed methods process evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of the video-delivered family therapeutic intervention. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04741776; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04741776 
SN  - 2561-326X
UR  - https://formative.jmir.org/2022/10/e41697
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/41697
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36194458
DO  - 10.2196/41697
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/41697
ER  -