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Healthy Start, Happy Start: helping parents with children's behaviour

Preventing enduring behavioural problems in young children through early psychological intervention: Healthy Start, Happy Start

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN58327365
Enrollment
300
Registered
2015-03-19
Start date
2015-04-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-11

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Conditions

Topic: Children, Mental Health

Interventions

Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline (ViPP-SD) aims to increase parental sensitivity and improve discipline practices in order to promote optimal parent-c
Study Entry : Single Randomisation only

Sponsors

Imperial College London
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Child aged between 12-36 months 2. Child scores in the top 20% for behavioural problems on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), based on population norms 3. Written informed parental consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Child has severe sensory impairment or learning disability 2. Carer has insufficient English language to complete questionnaire assessments 3. Siblings participating in the trial 4. Families participating in active court proceedings

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Child behaviour measured using the Preschool Parent Account of Childhood Symptoms; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Child behaviour measured using the Child Behaviour Checklist; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 2. Child behaviour measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 3. Parental anxiety measured using the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 4. Parental couple functioning measured using the Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 5. Parental mood measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 6. Parenting practices measured using the Parenting Scale; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment 7. Resource use measured using a modified version of the Child and Adolescent Service Use Schedule; Timepoint(s): Pre-treatment and four and twenty-four months post-treatment

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 16, 2026