Parenting program versus telephone support for Mexican parents of children with acquired brain injury: a blind randomized controlled trial.

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Acquired brain injury; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Neurological - Other neurological disorders; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000360314
• Lead Sponsor: Vicki Anderson

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-03-08
• Last Update Posted: 30 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 66

Inclusion Criteria

1) Parents must have a child aged between six and twelve years of age
(2) The child has a diagnosis of an ABI (defined as damage to the brain that occurs after birth)
(3) Child with a medical reference stating type of brain injury
(4) The injury is diagnosed at least 3 months previous to the start of the pre intervention assessment
(5) Enough medical history to determine injury level of severity (Glasgow coma scale in a medical report or neuroimaging evidence of mass lesion or neurological deficits reported by the treating medical clinician)
(6) Mothers or fathers can participate together or individually
(7) Parents must have an active and current parenting role with the child
(8) Parents must be able to comply with the study intervention and assessment protocols as is determine by the researcher during initial contact with the parent
(9) Parents must be over 18 years
(10) Parents must be able to write and read in Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Parent with symptoms of psychosis or borderline personality (determined by a face to face interview)
(2) Child with incomplete treatment of chemotherapy
(3) Child programmed for neurosurgery
(4) Child receiving other kinds of behavior modification therapy
(5) Parent or child with history of psychiatric illness
(6) Uncontrolled seizures in the child
(7) Parent does not have current access to child

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child behavior at home assessed with Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI, Eyberg & Pincus, 1999) and the Child Behavior Checklist parent form (CBCL:Achenbach et al., 2001).[Baseline, and immediately after the intervention and three months once the intervention was concluded.];Parenting practices assessed with the The Parenting Scale (Arnold, 1993). [Baseline, and immediately after the intervention and three months once the intervention was concluded.];Parent stress assessed with the Parent Stress Index short form (Abidin, 2012). [Baseline, and immediately after the intervention and three months once the intervention was concluded.]