attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, ADHD
Conditions
Interventions
1. Manualized intervention, a 14-16 weekly home-visits spread over four months and additional telephone sessions with their therapist twice a week, fully manualized behavioral treatment.
2. The contr
B. A waiting list condition, four months duration in line with regular waiting list.
Sponsors
Accare, Division University Medical Center for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Groningen, the Netherlands.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The child is 6 to 12 years old; 2. The child meets DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) criteria for ADHD, any subtype, as determined through a semi-structured interview (such as the Parent’s Inventory of Children’s Symptoms [Schachar et al., 1994] and the Teacher Telephone Interview [Tannock et al., 1995] at time of referral; 3. The parents and/or the child have received psycho-education and have either started or considered pharmacological treatments directed at ADHD symptoms, and have at least made a start with outpatient behavioral parent training; 4. The child has a DSM-IV-TR Global Assessment of Functioningscore 130 and problem scale score > 2 (irrespective of item 36, i.e. referring to enuresis nocturna) on the Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory completed by the primary care-taker; 6. The child has a total verbal, and performance IQ > 70 as assessed with a standardized intelligence test; 7. The legal parent(s) caretaker(s) have provided written consent for participating in the study, in accordance with the rules laid down in the Dutch “Wet medisch-wetenschappelijk onderzoek met mensen”.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The child has a medical ailment, which prohibits participation in the study; 2. One of the parents/caretakers is unable to understand or imitate instructions; 3. The child is more than three days a week absent from the home of the parent(s) who participate in the treatment; 4.The family lives or is planning to move to a location more than one hour travel time from the Groningen Accare outpatient clinic; 5.The family has followed a form of home-based therapy through our center during the previous year.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parent reported disruptive behavior problems with Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main secondary study parameters are children's internalizing problems (Child Behavior Checklist), parent reported impairment of child (Impairment Rating Scale-Parent-version), and parenting skills (Parent Practices Interview). | — |
Contacts
Public ContactE. Nobel
Postbus 660
Outcome results
None listed