An interventional study of Self-help version of the New Forest Parenting Programme in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), sponsored by University of Nottingham. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 10 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2014-06-26.
Sponsored by University of Nottingham · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Therapist-led parenting interventions have been shown to reduce symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are recommended as a first line treatment for school age children with ADHD. However, parenting interventions can be costly and impractical for parents due to factors such as time constraints and travelling costs. A self-help parent training manual has been developed and initial results have shown moderate reductions in ADHD symptoms, indicating that whilst self-help may offer a cost effective alternative to therapist led parent training interventions, it may not be sufficient to treat ADHD alone. This study therefore aims to compare the efficacy and additional benefits of the self-help intervention plus treatment as usual including pharmacotherapy with a control treatment as usual group . Families with a child aged 6-10 with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD will be recruited to the study via referrals from community paediatricians and child and adolescent mental health services. After gaining informed consent subjects will be randomised to self-help plus Treatment as usual (TAU) + or TAU (control). Those allocated to TAU+SH will be issued with the self-help manual and an introductory DVD to highlight key aspects of the intervention. Self-help intervention will last for 12 weeks. Data will be collected via standardised questionnaires completed by the parent, teacher and child and a recorded speech samples from the parent. Data will be collected at three time points; pre-intervention, post-intervention (12 weeks) and as a long term follow up (28 weeks). After completing the trial, qualitative data will be collected about participants' experience of self-help intervention.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Families allocated to receive their usual treatment + self-help (TAU+SH) will receive 12 weeks of a self-help version of the New Forest Parenting Programme in addition to the usual treatment they are receiving from their clinician. They will also receive an introductory DVD aimed at highlighting key components of the intervention.
Behavioral: Self-help version of the New Forest Parenting Programme
Families in the Treatment as Usual (TAU) condition will receive nothing additional to the treatment offered by their paediatrician or Child \& Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) during the trial phase. Families in the TAU condition will be offered the self-help manual at the end of the trial.
Efficacy subscale of the Parenting Sense of Competence Questionnaire (PSOC)
This questionnaire provides a measure of parenting confidence and satisfaction within their parenting role; parents of children with ADHD often report low parenting efficacy.
Time frame: Post- Intervention (12 weeks)
Child ADHD Symptoms
Parent and teacher report according to SNAP-IV
Time frame: 12 weeks
Family Strain Index (Riley et al, 2006).
Time frame: 12 weeks
Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI; Eyberg, 1980)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Vanderbilt Diagnostic Rating Scale (Performance scale; Wolraich et al, 2003)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Southampton ADHD medication behaviour and and Attitudes scale (SAMBA)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Child Health and Illness Profile (parent and child report; Riley et al, 2004)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Parental Expressed emotion via recorded Five Minute Speech Sample (Daley et al, 2003)
Time frame: 12 weeks
General Health Questionnaire (12 item; Goldberg, 1992)
Time frame: 12 weeks
Child ADHD symptoms
Parent and teacher report according to SNAP-IV
Time frame: 28 weeks
Family Strain Index (Riley et al, 2006)
Time frame: 28 weeks
Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI; Eyberg, 1980)
Time frame: 28 weeks
Vanderbilt Diagnostic Rating Scale (Performance scale; Wolraich et al, 2003)
Time frame: 28 weeks
Southampton ADHD medication behaviour and and Attitudes scale (SAMBA)
Time frame: 28 weeks
Child Health and Illness Profile (parent and child report; Riley et al, 2004)
Time frame: 28 weeks
General Health Questionnaire (12 item; Goldberg, 1992)
Time frame: 28 weeks
Treatment Fidelity
Fidelity of self-help intervention will be assessed using a parent self-report rating collected via fortnightly phone calls to parents from research/clinic staff.
Time frame: Fortnightly throughout intervention period
Usual Treatment
A treatment report form questionnaire will be used to gain information about other treatments being received for ADHD. This information will be requested initially from parents and then, with consent, from clinicians if parents feel unable/fail to provide.
Time frame: Baseline, Post-intervention (12 weeks) follow-up (28 weeks)
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