ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Conditions
Interventions
The families in the condition with the manualized treatment will receive 14-16
weekly home-visits spread over four months and additional telephone sessions
with their therapist twice a week. This tr
Sponsors
Accare
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 17 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children have to meet the following inclusion criteria: 1. The child is 6 to 13 years old who are at elementery school 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 Interview of Child 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 Accare or Jonx Lentis during the previous year.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parent reported disruptive behavior problems. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main secondary study parameters are children*s internalizing problems, parent reported impairment of the child, and parenting skills. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed