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March 22, 2026JMIR mhealth and uhealthOpen Access

Families Moving Forward Connect mHealth Intervention for Caregivers of Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Randomized Controlled Trial

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CPChristie L M PetrenkoMRMadeline N. RockholdJMJulianne Myers

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Overview

Randomized controlled trial evaluated mobile health app for caregivers of children with FASD, suggesting improved self-care and family needs met.

Key Points

  • To test the efficacy of the FMF Connect app for caregivers raising children with FASD on targeted outcomes.
  • 3-arm randomized controlled trial with equal allocation to FMF Connect+coaching, FMF Connect, and waitlist control groups.
  • Participants were 129 caregivers of children with FASD or prenatal alcohol exposure recruited online.
  • Online surveys administered at baseline, 6 weeks, and 12 weeks for data collection.
  • Caregivers in the FMF Connect group showed improvements in self-care and family needs met after 12 weeks.
  • Retention rate was 64% across the groups with similar usage patterns for the app.
  • No significant differences in parenting satisfaction or child adaptive functioning were observed.

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Petrenko et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69bf38f3c7b3c90b18b42cechttps://doi.org/10.2196/73647
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