Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based Eczema Management Programme

"The parent-child dyads will receive four weekly 2-hour sessions of family ACT-based eczema management programme (FACT-EMP). In each session, a group of 6-8 parent-child dyads will receive 90 minutes of ACT, followed by 30 minutes of education related to eczema management. Throughout the sessions, ACT strategies will help the dyads achieve the following therapeutic processes: To weaken the rumination cycle and fused thoughts related to eczema with body-image concern, shame and self-criticism for extending kindness and understanding to oneself; to build self-perspective-taking when seeing one's experience as part of the larger human experience; to strengthen their stands for their values related to self-kindness with acceptance of one's experience; and to take steps to act on values while practising kindness and compassion. Same as the waitlist control, the dyads will receive routine eczema care provided by the study hospital, including medical follow-ups and nurses' consultation."

The parent-child dyads will receive routine eczema care provided by the study hospital, including medical follow-ups and nurses' consultation. To ensure equity of access to potentially effective treatment (i.e., family ACT-based eczema management programme), the dyads in the wait-list control group will receive the same programme after the completion of all assessments of the intervention arm.