Disturbance of activity and attention, Hyperkinetic conduct disorder, Oppositional defiant disorder
Conditions
Interventions
GROUP 01: 30 participants. Conventional treatment, without complementary treatment. Bi-monthly consultations with a child and adolescent psychiatrist, including drug treatment if there is a clinical i
Behavioural
Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
6 Years to 12 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Families whose children have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Oppositional Defiant Disorder; children must have externalizing symptoms such as hyperactivity and/or oppositional behavior; children who are between 6 and 12 years old; male gender
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Families whose children have severe psychiatric comorbidities (i.e. psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, severe depression), genetic or neurological; whose intelligence is below the 5th percentile; feminine gender. Families whose primary caregivers have intelligence below the 5th percentile or have been diagnosed with serious psychiatric conditions (i.e. psychoses, bipolar affective disorder, severe depression); and families with severe social adversity in the home context (i.e. domestic violence, physical abuse, extreme poverty, hunger)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in the symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Oppositional Defiant Disorder, with a decrease in externalizing symptoms, determined by the MTA-SNAP-IV scale: which assesses symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder in children and adolescents (Mattos, et al., 2006); and the K-SADS-PL 2013 interview: semi-structured interview that raises important information about the history of psychiatric disorders, at the present time and throughout life and assesses the severity of symptoms (Caye, et al., 2017) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Change in parental style, with a tendency to democratic style, determined through the Parenting Styles and Dimensions Questionnaire - PSDQ (42 items version): Questionnaire that assesses how parents manage their relationship with their children and the child's behavior, considering the control dimensions and affection, being based on a theoretical model that categorizes parenting styles into four possible ones: democratic, authoritarian, permissive and negligent (Oliveira, et al., 2018) ;Decrease in the level of perceived stress by caregivers, determined by the Perceived Stress Scale: measures perceived stress, that is, how much individuals perceive situations as stressful. It is a likert-type scale and contains 14 questions (Cohen, et al., 1983) ;Improvement in the quality of life of parents and children, determined through two scales: WHOQOL-BREF: assesses quality of life. Instrument developed by the World Health Organization, in a version reduced from 100 to 26 items (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 1996) and Kidscreen-52 - Version of caregivers' report and self-report: Evaluates the quality of life of children and adolescents (Guedes & Guedes, 2011) | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactDébora de Miranda
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Outcome results
None listed