A research project for children with hard to treat behaviour problems

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Children, Primary sub-specialty: Neurosciences; UKCRC code/ Disease: Mental Health/ Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Behaviour problems in children

• Registration Number: ISRCTN86725795
• Lead Sponsor: eeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Brief Summary

2017 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28915904 protocol 2018 Results article in https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-1323a962da (added 02/03/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-05-31
• Study Completion: 2017-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 14 March 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Children aged 5-11 years old at baseline
2. Presenting to CAMHS, or re-referred within CAMHS, with a clinical conduct disorder (=4 on Strengths and Difficulties (SDQ) conduct sub-scale)
3. Child’s current primary carer* has been offered a first line group or individual parenting programme or other structured parenting intervention in primary care or within CAMHS, and has attended at least one session, but the child’s conduct disorder persists and the child has been referred to CAMHS or re-referred within CAMHS for further treatment.

*The term ‘primary carer’ denotes the adult most involved in parenting the child.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Children with a clinical diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), including Asperger’s
2. Children with a clinical diagnosis of severe Learning Difficulties (LD)
3. Children medicated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), unless they have been on a stable medication dose for 3 months or more (children with un-medicated ADHD are eligible if other inclusion criteria met)
4. Looked After Children (LAC) (including adopted children):
4.1. who are not in kinship foster care or special guardianship, or
4.2. who are not in kinship foster care or special guardianship which is stable (> 6 months)
5. Children under/at risk of Safeguarding or Court procedures
6. Children whose primary carer has severe mental health difficulties, determined by usual CAMHS procedures using clinical judgement (baseline GHQ-12 will be monitored for primary carers with severe mental health difficulties not identified by CAMHS)
7. Sibling has been randomised to the TIGA-CUB trial (as CP involving two CAPTs, which would be required for two children, may not be available in some of the services involved in the trial)
8. Primary carer is actively receiving a parenting programme within CAMHS for the child’s sibling
9. Primary carer lacks capacity to comply with trial requirements, e.g. as a result of a LD, due to research burden or due to insufficient proficiency in English
10. Primary carer has severe adverse parental functioning e.g. alcohol dependence (=20 on Alcohol-Use Disorders Identification Test) or drug dependence (=3 on Drug Abuse Screening Test), determined by the study Researcher on initial screening visit

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified