Mum skills: the effect of parenting training in mothers with a borderline personality disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Borderline personality disorder; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Emotionally unstable personality disorder

• Registration Number: ISRCTN74447767
• Lead Sponsor: GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2021-09-25
• Study Start: 2022-03-10
• Last Update Posted: 21 March 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. A full diagnosis of BPD: meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) criteria for BPD measured by a SCID-P-5, a structured clinical interview (Arntz et al., 2017)
2. Aged above 18 years
3. The primary caregiver to at least one child under the age of 8 years at the start of the group; whereby the acute welfare of the child was not endangered
4. Dutch speaking; able to comprehend Dutch at a level sufficient to complete self-report instruments, the assignments, the group training and individual sessions
5. Willing and able to commit to attending a 2-hour group once a week for 12 weeks, all measurements and 45 minutes individual session every other week

Exclusion Criteria

1. Lifetime psychosis or bipolar disorder type I
2. Insufficient cognitive capacity to comprehend the topics being discussed; screened by the SCIL (screener for intelligence and learning difficulties) with a cut-off score of 19 (Kaal et al. 2015)
3. Significant substance abuse that would have an impact on group functioning; as per clinical judgement following discussion with the research team
4. Start of new medication within 3 months before the start of this study

Participants will not be excluded due to concurrent treatment (pharmacological or non-pharmacological)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Parenting behaviour measured using the Dutch version of the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire (APQ) at T=0 before baseline, T=1 start of treatment, T=2 mid-treatment, T=3 end of treatment and T=4 follow-up<br> 2. Parental stress measured using the Dutch Parental Stress Index-child report (Nijmeegse Ouderlijke Stress Index Kinderen; NOSI-K) at T=0 before baseline, T=1 start of treatment, T=2 mid-treatment, T=3, end of treatment and T=4 follow-up<br> 3. Idiosyncratic outcome measured using a short 15-item idiosyncratic assessment (IA) biweekly during the baseline and treatment phase (T=0 to T=3), biweekly during the baseline and treatment phase<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Potential confounding factor: group atmosphere measured using the Group Session Rating Scale (GSRS) weekly at Weeks 1 -12 during treatment