Mobile Behavioral Parent Training for Childhood ADHD: Pilot Trial

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Interventions: Behavioral: Mobile Behavioral Parent Training (mBPT)

• Registration Number: NCT05955274
• Lead Sponsor: Florida International University

Brief Summary

The goal of the study is to develop and pilot a personalized behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The behavioral intervention will teach positive parenting through videos and quizzes that caregivers can access through a smartphone application. The program also gives parents and caregivers in-the-moment feedback their use of parenting strategies.

The main questions to answer are:

Is parenting feedback provided by a smartphone application acceptable to caregivers? Is the phone application usable and acceptable to parents and caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

In the pilot trial, participants (parents/caregivers) will be randomly assigned to either (1) use the positive parenting intervention phone application (mobile Behavioral Parent Training: mBPT) or (2) use mBPT and receive brief, personalized phone prompts throughout their participation that target parenting behavior and intervention engagement.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2023-07-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-07-19
• Study First Posted: 2023-07-21
• Study Start: 2024-11-01
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-22
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-23
• Primary Completion: 2025-07
• Study Completion: 2025-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• currently meets Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD
• ages 7 -12
• has at least one parent or primary caregiver who is willing to participate and is able to access the intervention at home via smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria

• N/A

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
mBPT only	Mobile Behavioral Parent Training (mBPT)	-
mBPT and just-in-time adaptive intervention	Mobile Behavioral Parent Training (mBPT)	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intervention Engagement	Through study completion, average of 10 weeks	Number of mobile BPT sessions completed divided by the total number of sessions available.
Receipt of Prompts	Through study completion, average of 10 weeks	Percent of prompts sent that were opened within 20 minutes of being sent

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Passive Audio Data- Positive Parenting	During the last 1 week of study completion	Parenting Behavior- Dyadic Parent Child Interaction Coding System, number of labeled praises and unlabeled praises per hour during last week of study.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center for Children and Families of Western New York; 🇺🇸 Buffalo, New York, United States