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Digital Game for Parent-Child Relationship Enhancement

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What is being tested

Digital Game

+ Control
Behavioral
Who is being recruted

Parent-Child Relations

+ Parenting
+ Attachment Disorder
Over 6 Years
+2 Eligibility Criteria

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How is the trial designed

Supportive Care Study

Interventional
Study Start: January 2026

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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversity of Miami
Study ContactAnna Queiroz, PhD
Last updated: September 12, 2025
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Study start date: January 5, 2026Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

This study is focused on testing a digital game designed to improve the relationship between parents and their children. The game includes activities that encourage playful interactions, with the aim of strengthening emotional connections and enhancing communication. The study is important because it addresses the need for effective tools that can help parents and children bond better, improve their relationship, and boost parents' confidence in their parenting skills. Participants in the study will engage with the digital game prototype, which is based on principles that promote relationship enhancement. The study will observe how the game influences the quality of interactions between the parent and child and examines whether it leads to stronger connections and improved parenting. By evaluating the effectiveness of digital tools in family dynamics, the study aims to provide insights into innovative ways to support family relationships.

Official TitleDigital Game Intervention for Relationship Enhancement Among Parent Child Dyads 
Principal SponsorUniversity of Miami
Study ContactAnna Queiroz, PhD
Last updated: September 12, 2025
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details
30 patients to be enrolledTotal number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.
Supportive Care Study
These studies explore ways to improve comfort and daily life for people living with a condition. They may focus on easing symptoms, reducing treatment side effects, or supporting overall well-being.

How participants are assigned to different groups/arms
In this clinical study, participants are placed into groups randomly, like flipping a coin. This ensures that the study is fair and unbiased, making the results more reliable. By assigning participants by chance, researchers can better compare treatments without external influences.

Other Ways to Assign Participants
Non-randomized allocation: Participants are assigned based on specific factors, such as their medical condition or a doctor's decision.
None (Single-arm trial): If the study has only one group, all participants receive the same treatment, and no allocation is needed.

How treatments are given to participants
Participants are divided into different groups, each receiving a specific treatment at the same time. This helps researchers compare how well different treatments work against each other.

Other Ways to Assign Treatments
Single-group assignment: Everyone gets the same treatment.
Cross-over assignment: Participants switch between treatments during the study.
Factorial assignment: Participants receive different combinations of treatments.
Sequential assignment: Participants receive treatments one after another in a specific order, possibly based on individual responses.
Other assignment: Treatment assignment does not follow a standard or predefined design.

How the effectiveness of the treatment is controlled
In a non placebo-controlled study, no participants receive an inert substance (placebo) to compare outcomes. Instead, all participants receive either the experimental treatment or an alternative treatment (often the Standard of Care). This method allows researchers to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of a different active intervention, rather than a placebo.

Other Options
Placebo-Controlled: A placebo is used to compare the effects of the experimental treatment with those of an inert substance, isolating the true treatment effect.

How the interventions assigned to participants is kept confidential
Everyone involved in the study knows which treatment is being given. This is typically used when it's not possible or necessary to hide the treatment details from participants or researchers.

Other Ways to Mask Information
Single-blind: Participants do not know which treatment they are receiving, but researchers do.
Double-blind: Neither participants nor researchers know which treatment is given.
Triple-blind: Participants, researchers, and outcome assessors do not know which treatment is given.
Quadruple-blind: Participants, researchers, outcome assessors, and care providers all do not know which treatment is given.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria
Any sexBiological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.
Over 6 YearsRange of ages for which participants are eligible to join.
Healthy volunteers allowedIf individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.
Conditions
Pathology
Parent-Child Relations
Parenting
Attachment Disorder
Criteria
1 inclusion criteria required to participate
Caregiver-child dyads
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Participant is not part of a caregiver- child dyad

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives
2 intervention groups 

are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups
Group I
Experimental
Participants in this group will engage with the intervention for up to 1 hour.
Group II
Active Comparator
Participants in this group will receive information about play based attachment activities and participate for up to 1 hour.
Study Objectives
Primary Objectives

Tool to Measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE) Total scores range from 0-480 for the complete measure. Higher scores indicate greater levels of perceived parental self-efficacy.
Secondary Objectives

Social Connectedness Scale scores range from 9 - 54. Higher scores represent greater perceived connectedness.

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.
This study has 1 location
Suspended
University of MiamiMiami, United StatesSee the location
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