Multisite randomized controlled trial of parenting groups for child antisocial behavior and literacy: the SPOKES project

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood antisocial behaviour/oppositional defiant disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Conduct disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN77566446
• Lead Sponsor: King's College London (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-05-08
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 112

Inclusion Criteria

First, children had to score above the cutoff on the screening questionnaire, set at one standard deviation above the population mean on conduct symptoms summing parent and teacher ratings (thus putting them at high risk of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition [DSM IV] oppositional defiant disorder).
Second, their parents were then contacted to assess further eligibility criteria:
1. Ability to understand English
2. Ability to attend at group times
3. Interest in attending
4. Acceptance of RCT study
5. Index child free of clinically apparent generalized developmental delay (mental retardation)

Exclusion Criteria

Opposite of inclusion criteria above, hence children below the cutoff on the screening questionnaire, set at one standard deviation above the population mean on conduct symptoms summing parent and teacher ratings (thus putting them at low risk of DSM IV oppositional defiant disorder).
Second, their parents were then contacted to assess further eligibility criteria, and were excluded for:
1. Inability to understand English
2. Inability to attend at group times
3. No interest in attending
4. Did not accept RCT study
5. Index child has clinically apparent generalized developmental delay (mental retardation)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified