An interventional study of Triple P--Positive Parenting Program in Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder, sponsored by University of South Carolina. Completed at 2 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 3 Years to 7 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-18.
Sponsored by University of South Carolina · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This trial addresses a serious and all-too-frequent public health problem, namely early-onset disruptive behavior problems in young children. The focus is on testing an online treatment program which empowers parents to help their children to improve their mental health and behavioral functioning. At the conclusion of the study, the investigators will know whether the online-delivered program works as well as an established staff-delivered program, with respect to child disruptive behavior problems, parenting, parent/family stress, consumer satisfaction, and value analysis.
High-prevalence mental health problems require innovative strategies to broaden reach of evidence-based services. Disruptive behavior problems (DBPs), or conduct problems, in young children represent a major public health challenge that is not only highly prevalent but also, left untreated, heighten risk for adverse mental health and developmental outcomes in adolescence and adulthood. Internet and online technology has considerable potential to help achieve such a goal. Building on parenting interventions that have demonstrated impact on childhood DBPs, this clinical trial compares an online-delivered intervention to a well-validated staff-delivered intervention, holding program content constant. Both interventions are based on the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program. The sample includes families with a 3-7 year old child who has a pronounced level of DBPs. The study makes use of a non-inferiority trial design to determine whether the online-delivered intervention yields as good outcomes as the well-established staff-delivered intervention with respect to childhood DBPs, parenting, and parent/family stress. The study also includes a value analysis comparing the two interventions, accounting for provider and participant expenses as well as pre-implementation and implementation phases. This study is intended to shed light on the impact and potential benefits of a viable online parenting intervention for childhood disruptive behavior problems, but the results from this study are also intended to help the mental health field to better understand more broadly the potential advantages and disadvantages of online interventions over traditionally delivered interventions, particularly in light of expense minimization/effectiveness analysis.
86 studies on the registry are indexed under Oppositional Defiant Disorder; 16 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 334 is above the median of 102 across 76 interventional studies indexed under Oppositional Defiant Disorder.
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The Online-Delivered Parenting Intervention, which is based on the Triple P--Positive Parenting Program system of interventions, is an interactive website designed to engage and activate the participant through sequenced, personalized, interactive, and video-based content. The intervention emphasizes a self-regulatory process, parent specification of goals, practical and straightforward parenting strategies, modeling, and action activation.
Behavioral: Triple P--Positive Parenting Program
The Staff-Delivered Parenting Intervention is based on the Triple P--Positive Parenting Program system and involves 10 face-to-face sessions with each family. This intervention is the well-established Level 4 Standard Triple P program.
Behavioral: Triple P--Positive Parenting Program
The Triple P--Positive Parenting Program (Triple P), which has an extensive evidence base, is grounded in a common set of core principles of positive parenting and draws on a broad menu of parenting strategies. A key provision of Triple P is that parents are the decision-makers about program goals and selection/implementation of specific parenting strategies consistent with their preferences and values.
childhood disruptive behavior problems
parental report; independent observation; teacher report
Time frame: up to 12 months
parenting behavior
parental report; independent observation
Time frame: baseline, 4 months (T2), 12 months (T3)
parent and family stress
parenting daily hassles; impact on family quality of life
Time frame: baseline, 4 months (T2), 12 months (T3)
The record gives a start of Apr 2014, a primary completion of Apr 2019 and a completion of Apr 2019. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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