Developing New Technologies to Improve ADHD Medication Continuity
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Enrollment
- 85
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Medication Continuity: The Number of Days Covered With Medicine
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Cluster randomized controlled trial to evaluate the general effectiveness of intervention compared to control on medication continuity as measured by prescriptions written and other more proximal outcomes during the first six months of treatment.
Detailed Description
This cluster randomized controlled trial will evaluate the general effectiveness of the intervention (e.g. enhanced myADHDportal.com), compared to control (e.g. treatment as usual standard portal), on medication continuity as measured by prescriptions written and other more proximal outcomes during the first six months of treatment.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Parents of children are eligible to participate if
- •their child receives ADHD care at one of the pediatric primary care practices that is partnering to conduct this trial
- •child being registered on myADHDportal.com to initiate child assessment of ADHD
- •child age 6-10 years
- •child must not have been previously treated with ADHD medication
- •child prescribed ADHD medication within 12 months of enrolling in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •Unable to read and speak English
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Medication Continuity: The Number of Days Covered With Medicine
Time Frame: first 6 months of treatment
the number of days covered with medicine will be calculated from audit of prescriptions written
Secondary Outcomes
- Parent-reported Necessity to Concerns Differential (Beliefs About Medication Scale)(6 months after starting treatment)
- Parent-reported Decisional Conflict (Decisional Conflict Scale)(6 months after starting treatment)
- Parent Trust in Provider (Trust in Provider Scale)(6 months after starting treatment)
- Working Alliance Inventory(6 months after starting treatment)
- Parent Perceived Social Support (Perceived Social Support Scale)(6 months after starting treatment)
- Parent Distress (Parenting Stress Index - Short Form)(6 months after starting treatment)
- Number of Participants With Side Effects Rated by Parents as Moderate or Severe on the Pittsburgh Side Effects Rating Scale(6 months after starting treatment)
- Total Number of myADHDportal.Com Log-ins by Parent(6 months after starting treatment)
- Total Number of Measures Completed by Parents to Track Child Response to Treatment(6 months after starting treatment)