The effects of parent training on behavior problems, ADHD-symptoms and parenting stress in children with ADHD in routine child psychiatric out-patient care.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON23924

Enrollment

Registered

2005-09-09

Start date

2002-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

1. Parent training combined with routine medical care. 2. Routine medical care, in which parents are placed on a waiting list for parent training.

Interventions

1. Parent training in group format, 12 sessions in a period of 4 months, delivered by trained and supervised psychologists

2. Routine medical care for 4 months, delivered by 4 experienced child psychiatrists, including medication treatment and check-ups, crisis-interventions, parent counseling and support, further psycho-

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 4 and 12 years; 2. Average IQ > 80; 3. Meeting DISC-criteria for ADHD; 4. Children under the age of 6 need an additional AVL-score > 32; 5. Parents can identify at least 3 target behavior problems on the PDR; 6. Child is living with at least one of his/her biological parents; 7. Child medication status is stable; 8. Both parents are able to participate in parent training.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of autism or psychosis; 2. Crisis in family; 3. Intensive psychosocial treatment in past year, including in-patient treatment, intensive parent training, home-based treatments; 4. Child having additional problems requiring other treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Target behavior problems. Measures: a Dutch adaptation of the PDR and CBCL Externalising; 2. Adhd-symptoms. Measures: all subscales of the CPRS-R:S; 3. Parenting stress. Measures: Parent Domain and Child Domain of the NOSI (dutch version of the PSI). Assessments on all measures pre-treatment and post-treatment. A follow-up assessment on all measures after 5 months was done for the parents in the PT group.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Target behavior problems. Measures: a Dutch adaptation of the PDR and CBCL Externalising; 2. Adhd-symptoms. Measures: all subscales of the CPRS-R:S; 3. Parenting stress. Measures: Parent Domain and Child Domain of the NOSI (dutch version of the PSI). Assessments on all measures pre-treatment and post-treatment. A follow-up assessment on all measures after 5 months was done for the parents in the PT group.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Internalising problems. Measure: CBCL Internalising. Assessment pre-treatment and post-treatment. A follow-up assessment after 5 months was done for the parents in the PT group; 2. Medication status. Monitoring during the study by the child psychiatrist; 3. Consumption of routine medical care. Monitoring during the study by the child-psychiatrist.	—

Contacts

Public ContactBarbara J. Hoofdakker, van den

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Hanzeplein 1

b.van.den.hoofdakker@accare.nl+31 (0)50 3681100

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)