The effects of parent training on behaviour problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and parenting stress in children with ADHD in routine child psychiatric out-patient care

Completed

• Conditions: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), psychological problems; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Hyperkinetic disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN00662276
• Lead Sponsor: ational Expertise Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Accare) (The Netherlands)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age between 4 and 12 years
2. Average intelligence quotient (IQ) greater than 80
3. Meeting Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children (DISC) criteria for ADHD
4. Children under the age of 6 need an additional AVL-score greater than 32
5. Parents can identify at least three target behaviour problems on the PDR
6. Child is living with at least one of his/her biological parents
7. Child medication status is stable
8. Both parents are able to participate in parent training

Exclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of autism or psychosis
2. Crisis in family
3. Intensive psychosocial treatment in past year, including in-patient treatment, intensive parent training, home-based treatments
4. Child having additional problems requiring other treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Target behaviour problems. Measures: a Dutch adaptation of the PDR and CBCL Externalising.<br>2. Adhd-symptoms. Measures: all subscales of the CPRS-R:S.<br>3. Parenting stress. Measures: Parent Domain and Child Domain of the NOSI (Dutch version of the PSI).<br><br>Assessments on all measures pre-treatment and post-treatment. A follow-up assessment on all measures after 5 months was done for the parents in the PT group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Internalising problems. Measure: CBCL Internalising. Assessment pre-treatment and post-treatment. A follow-up assessment after 5 months was done for the parents in the PT group.<br>2. Medication status. Monitoring during the study by the child psychiatrist.<br>3. Consumption of routine medical care. Monitoring during the study by the child-psychiatrist.