Brief Primary Care Intervention Helps Parents With Discipline - Full Text View

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University. Scholarly Activities Fund; Department of Pediatrics
Information provided by:	Vanderbilt University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00875303

Purpose

Play Nicely, is a 40 minute, interactive, media-rich, CD ROM that teaches parents, health care professionals, counselors, and child care workers/teachers the basics in aggression management for children ages 1-7. For more information about the program and to review results of previous studies, see www.playnicely.org. The objective of this study is to determine if using this brief intervention during the well child visit can affect parents' plans to discipline their children.

Condition	Intervention
Discipline	Behavioral: Play Nicely program

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Health Services Research, Randomized, Open Label, Parallel Assignment
Official Title:	Brief Primary Care Intervention Helps Parents With Discipline

Further study details as provided by Vanderbilt University:

Primary Outcome Measures:

As a result of the well child visit, parents' plans to change how they discipline their children. [ Time Frame: Same day as well child visit. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Parents' report of number of minutes of discussion between physician and parent about childhood behavior or discipline. [ Time Frame: Same day ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Enrollment:	258
Study Start Date:	June 2008
Study Completion Date:	July 2008
Primary Completion Date:	July 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Intervention Details:

The intervention was the Play Nicely program, a multimedia educational program. Permission to demonstrate the program to multiple viewers was obtained from the copyright holder. English speaking caregivers viewed the 2nd English language edition and Spanish speaking caregivers viewed the Spanish edition. In the program, there are 16 options (20 options in the Spanish version) to respond to the hypothetical situation of witnessing a young child have hurtful behavior toward another child. Caregivers in the intervention group were instructed to view 4 of the interactive options of their choosing. On average, it takes 1 minute to view one option. Parents in the control group received routine primary care with their pediatrician.

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 70 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

English or Spanish speaking parents of 1-5 year old children presenting to the Vanderbilt Primary Care Clinic for a well child visit.

Exclusion Criteria:

Caregiver could not speak English or Spanish.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00875303

Locations

United States, Tennessee
Vanderbilt Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232

Sponsors and Collaborators

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University. Scholarly Activities Fund; Department of Pediatrics

More Information

Additional Information:

Link to more information about Play Nicely, the educational intervention. This link exits the ClinicalTrials.gov site

Publications:

Scholer SJ, Brokish PA, Mukherjee AB, Gigante J. A violence-prevention program helps teach medical students and pediatric residents about childhood aggression. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 Nov;47(9):891-900. Epub 2008 Jul 14.

Scholer SJ, Walkowski CA, Bickman L. Voluntary or required viewing of a violence prevention program in pediatric primary care. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 Jun;47(5):461-8. Epub 2008 Jan 23.

Scholer SJ, Mukherjee AB, Gibbs KI, Memon S, Jongeward KL. Parents view a brief violence prevention program in clinic. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2007 Oct;46(8):724-34. Epub 2007 Jul 19.

Scholer SJ, Cherry R, Garrard HG 4th, Gupta AO, Mace R, Greeley N. A multimedia program helps parents manage childhood aggression. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Nov;45(9):835-40.

Scholer SJ, Nix RL, Patterson B. Gaps in pediatricians' advice to parents regarding early childhood aggression. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2006 Jan-Feb;45(1):23-8.

Responsible Party:	( Seth J. Scholer, MD, MPH )
Study ID Numbers:	PN Feb 2008
Study First Received:	April 1, 2009
Last Updated:	April 2, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00875303 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Vanderbilt University:

Parents' plans to discipline their children

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 11, 2009