None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Childhood eczema places an enormous burden on children and families. While good evidence for therapeutic interventions exists, ongoing non-compliance with treatment is common and presents a serious problem, increasing morbidity and impacting quality of life for children and families. Existing approaches have a record of failure in improving adherence. This study will improve clinical outcomes for children with eczema by integrating evidence-based support for parents who rely on existing eczema care services, to improve treatment adherence, reduce disease severity, and improve the quality of life for affected children. A randomised controlled trial will evaluate a brief parenting skills-training program for parents of children with eczema, comparing the intervention with usual care. We expect that this approach, which aims to enhance parental self-efficacy via application of practical parenting skills, will lead to improvements in adherence with medical treatment regimens and better disease control.
Interventions
"Positive Parenting for Healthy Living Triple P" is a brief parent education and skills-training program that combines parenting information about child behaviour and illness management with the provision of illness relevant information. The intervention consists of two, 2-hour parents discussion group sessions designed to target the direct and indirect pathways of parenting impact on child outcomes - i.e. parenting practices, and parenting confidence and stress. Sessions are held two weeks apar
"Positive Parenting for Healthy Living Triple P" is a brief parent education and skills-training program that combines parenting information about child behaviour and illness management with the provision of illness relevant information. The intervention consists of two, 2-hour parents discussion group sessions designed to target the direct and indirect pathways of parenting impact on child outcomes - i.e. parenting practices, and parenting confidence and stress. Sessions are held two weeks apart. Program content draws on the theoretical principles that form the basis of the well-established Triple P program, which is a preventively orientated parenting and family support strategy derived from social-learning, functional analysis, and cognitive-behavioural principles. The intervention will be delivered by clinical psychologists and nurses who are accredited Triple P providers.
Sponsors
Dr Amy Mitchell
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Educational / counselling / training
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Parents of 2- to 10-year-old children with eczema who are currently prescribed topical corticosteroids and attending dermatology outpatient clinics at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital (Brisbane).
Exclusion criteria
The child has a disability, including language and speech impairment. The parents are currently seeing a professional for the child’s behaviour difficulties. The parents are currently receiving psychological help or counselling. The parents have previously completed Triple P. The parents have difficulties in reading an English newspaper.
Outcome results
None listed