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Self-Help Parent Training for Conduct Problems in Children
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by University of Oxford, November 2008
Sponsors and Collaborators: University of Oxford
Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee
Information provided by: University of Oxford
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00299442
  Purpose

This project will introduce a self-help parent training programme for families on National Health Service (NHS) waiting lists for child mental health services. It will examine whether access to treatment can be increased by providing an intervention that requires fewer resources and by releasing clinician time for more serious cases. This intervention will be tested in a randomised, controlled trial in which 35 subjects will receive treatment immediately and 35 will receive treatment after waiting for 10 weeks. All families will also complete questionnaires before and after the 10 week study period in order to measure changes in child behaviour, parenting, and parental mental health. Cost-effectiveness of this programme will also be analysed. Intention-to-treat analyses will be conducted.


Condition Intervention Phase
Behavioral Symptoms
Behavioral: Self-help Triple P Behavioural Family Intervention
Phase III

MedlinePlus related topics: Child Mental Health Mental Health Parenting
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Can Self−Help Parent Training Reduce Conduct Problems in Children on NHS Waiting Lists for Child Mental Health Services?

Further study details as provided by University of Oxford:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Sutter-Eyberg Student Behavior Inventory [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Parent Daily Report [ Time Frame: 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Depression-Anxiety Stress Scale [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Parent Sense of Competence Scale [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Parenting Scale [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Dyadic Adjustment Scale [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  • Therapy Attitude Inventory [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 70
Study Start Date: July 2007
Estimated Study Completion Date: August 2008
Estimated Primary Completion Date: August 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental
Self-help Triple P Behavioural Family Intervention
Behavioral: Self-help Triple P Behavioural Family Intervention
10-week self-help workbook and videos
2: No Intervention
Wait-list control

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   2 Years to 5 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Families on waiting lists and child and adolescent mental health services clinics with children aged 2−5.
  • Scores in the clinical range on a standardised measure of child behaviour problems.
  • At least one parent in each family must be literate, fluent English speakers to participate because the self-administered intervention will primarily consist of written instructions and information in English.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Clients whose children score below a clinical cut-off score on a standardised measure of child behaviour problems. This is to ensure that participants are appropriate for an intervention aiming to reduce behaviour problems.
  • Non-English speakers or those who are unable to read cannot be included because reading English is required to complete the self-administered intervention.
  • Children or parents with severe disabilities and children with a developmental disorder (e.g., autism) will be excluded because the version of the parent training programme that will be implemented is not designed for families with these types of problems.
  • Children who live with a temporary caregiver will be excluded because the intervention is designed for full-time parents and follow-up will be after one year.
  • Children or parents who are currently receiving treatment for psychological problems will be excluded because outcomes may be influenced by interventions not affiliated with this project.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00299442

Contacts
Contact: Gretchen J. Bjornstad, M.Sc. +44(0)1865 270342 gretchen.bjornstad@socres.ox.ac.uk

Locations
United Kingdom, Berkshire
West Berkshire PCT Recruiting
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom, RG1 7TD
Contact: Chris Hollingshead            
Principal Investigator: Gretchen J Bjornstad, M.Sc.            
United Kingdom, Buckinghamshire
Wycombe CAMHS Recruiting
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, HP13 5BW
Contact: Susan Wimshurst            
Principal Investigator: Gretchen Bjornstad, M.Sc.            
United Kingdom, Bucks
Sue Nicholls Centre Recruiting
Aylesbury, Bucks, United Kingdom, HP20 1EG
Contact: Eleanor Rowsell, Ph.D.            
Principal Investigator: Gretchen J Bjornstad, M.Sc.            
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Oxford
Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Paul Montgomery, D. Phil. University of Oxford
  More Information

Website of the Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, University of Oxford  This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:
Responsible Party: University of Oxford ( Dr. Paul Montgomery )
Study ID Numbers: 05/Q1606/57, ISRCTN12814243
Study First Received: March 3, 2006
Last Updated: November 13, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00299442  
Health Authority: United Kingdom: National Health Service

Keywords provided by University of Oxford:
behavior
conduct
child
parenting
self-help
media-based

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Behavioral Symptoms

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009