A live-online mindfulness-based intervention for children living with epilepsy and their families: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of Making Mindfulness Matter©

Table 2 Schedule of evaluations

	Pre-randomization		Post-randomization
	Screening/consent	Baseline (week: −1 to 0)	Intervention (weeks 1–8)			Immediate follow-up (week 9; 1 week post-M3)	Extended follow-up (week 18; 10 weeks post-M3)
	Screening/consent	Baseline (week: −1 to 0)	Session 1	Sessions 2–7	Session 8	Immediate follow-up (week 9; 1 week post-M3)	Extended follow-up (week 18; 10 weeks post-M3)
Screening form	X
Informed consent-parent	X
Assent child			X^a
Clinician’s questionnaire		X
Parent questionnaire
QOLCE-55		X				X	X
PCGRC						X	X
BASC-3		X				X	X
BRIEF		X				X	X
SF-12		X				X	X
CESD-R		X				X	X
GAD-7		X				X	X
PSI-4-SF		X				X	X
Family APGAR		X				X	X
GASE		X				X	X
Demographics/clinical		X				X	X
Weekly Parent Questionnaire			X	X	X
Parent Pre-Post Assessment			X		X
Child Pre-Post Assessment			X^a		X^a
M3 Adherence checklist			X	X	X
Quality of Implementation			X	X	X
QOLCE-16 (if participant withdraws)						X	X

Abbreviations: BASC-3 Behavior Assessment System for Children Scale, 3rd edition, BRIEF Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function, CESD-R Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression, Revised scale, Family APGAR Family Adaptability, Partnership, Growth, Affection, and Resolve, GAD-7 7-Item Generalized Anxiety Disorder, GASE Global Assessment of the Severity of Epilepsy, PCGRC Patient-Centered Global Ratings of Change, PSI-4-SF Parenting Stress Index, 4th edition Short Form, QOLCE Quality of Life in Childhood Epilepsy Questionnaire, SF-12v2 12-item Short-Form Health Survey
^aWill be completed a few days before and a few days after the first and last M3 session

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