An interventional study of Fitbit activity tracker and Monetary rewards in Disruptive Behavior Disorder and Parenting, sponsored by Christina Studts. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-09-17.
Sponsored by Christina Studts · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
This study is a feasibility trial, testing the hypothesis that among sedentary mothers of behaviorally at-risk preschool-aged children, those who receive behavioral parent training (BPT) programs and concurrently increase their physical activity levels will demonstrate improved parenting and child behavior outcomes compared to those who receive BPT but remain sedentary.
The investigators will randomly assign 20 participants to two groups: behavioral parent training plus contingency management to increase steps (BPT+CM) or behavioral parent training alone (BPT). Contingency management procedures will involve monetary rewards for meeting weekly step-count goals.
The specific aims of the proposed project are to: 1) assess the feasibility of the study design and procedures, 2) assess the acceptability of the BPT+CM condition to participants, and 3) determine whether a signal of an effect of increased physical activity exists (via preliminary comparisons of measures of fatigue, perceived energy, parenting behaviors, parenting sense of competence, parenting stress, and child behavior ratings between participants in the two conditions).
This innovative pilot study will prepare us for a fully powered trial to test the efficacy of this approach.
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The control group will include 10 participants who will 1) wear Fitbit activity trackers daily for 12 weeks and 2) attend 12 weekly BPT training sessions.
Behavioral: Fitbit activity tracker · Behavioral: BPT training sessions
The experimental group will include 10 participants who will 1) wear Fitbit activity trackers daily for 12 weeks, 2) attend 12 weekly BPT training sessions, and 3) receive monetary rewards for achieving weekly step-count goals.
Behavioral: Fitbit activity tracker · Behavioral: Monetary rewards · Behavioral: BPT training sessions
Wear a Fitbit daily for 12 weeks and meet with a research assistant once per week to download data
Set weekly step-count goals based on the previous week's performance and receive monetary rewards for meeting the goals. The schedule of rewards increases as step-count goals increase.
Complete 12 BPT training sessions delivered by supervised clinical child psychology doctoral students, with each session lasting approximately 60 minutes. The BPT is based upon the existing, evidence-based Everyday Parenting intervention.
Proportion of participants who complete study procedures within study timeframe
Time frame: 14 months
Time required per participant to complete all instruments
Time frame: 14 months
Participant satisfaction of both control and experimental arms
Time frame: 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Step counts
Time frame: end of 2-week screening period, and once per week for 12 weeks
2-minute step test
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Parenting behaviors
Parenting Young Children instrument
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Child behaviors
Child Behavior Checklist/1.5-5 instrument
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Parenting stress
Parenting Stress Index/Short Form instrument
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Parenting sense of competence
Parenting Sense of Competence Scale
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Parent depression
Beck Depression Inventory-II
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Self-reported physical activity level
Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
Visual Analog Scale-Fatigue
Time frame: baseline and 1 week after completion of final BPT session
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The record gives a start of Mar 2016, a primary completion of Oct 2017 and a completion of Sep 2018. It does not say whether these dates are actual or estimated.
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