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The Effects of Peer Co-led Educational Group Intervention for Adults With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Interventions
Behavioral: Waiting list
Behavioral: Group-based education
Other: Standard treatment
Registration Number
NCT03547843
Lead Sponsor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Brief Summary

Peer co-led education describes educators who are expert patients, user representatives or former patients, participating and teaching in educational interventions in cooperation with health care professionals. Peer co-led education is included in the Norwegian national guidelines for treatment of mental disorders, but despite some promising results for the treatment of other conditions, still little is known about the efficacy of peer co-led educational group interventions interventions for adults with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

This pilot trial will evaluate patient satisfaction with and preliminary efficacy of a 2-session peer co-led educational group program designed to address specific challenges faced by adults diagnosed with ADHD at an outpatient clinics in mid-Norway.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
56
Inclusion Criteria
  • Confirmed ADHD-diagnosis
  • speaking a Scandinavian language
Exclusion Criteria
  • Unable to give informed consent
  • Psychosis
  • Severe learning difficulties

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Educational interventionStandard treatmentPatients randomized to the intervention group will start with a group-based educational program immediately after the randomization.
Waiting listWaiting listParticipants randomized to the waiting list control group receive no educational intervention for the duration of the 10 weeks. During this period participants can receive standard treatment, consisting of diagnostic treatment with medication.
Educational interventionGroup-based educationPatients randomized to the intervention group will start with a group-based educational program immediately after the randomization.
Waiting listStandard treatmentParticipants randomized to the waiting list control group receive no educational intervention for the duration of the 10 weeks. During this period participants can receive standard treatment, consisting of diagnostic treatment with medication.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in client Satisfactionfrom baseline to 2-weeks follow-up

Client satisfaction will be measured with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, short form (Attkisson \& Zwick, 1982). The scale consists of 8 items scored on a Likert scale from 1 (low satisfaction) to 4 (high satisfaction). Total scores range from 8 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.

change in patient activationfrom baseline to 10-weeks follow-up

Patient activation will be measured with the Norwegian version of the Patient Activation Measure Mental Health (PAM-MH) (Green et al 2010))

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in Quality of Lifefrom baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality of Life Scale, AAQoL short Form (Brod et al 2006)

change in general self-efficacyfrom baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

General Self-Efficacy Scale, 6-item scale ranging from 1 ('not at all true') to 4 ('exactly true'). Total scores range from 6 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy. (Romppel et al 2013)

change in ADHD-related symptomsfrom baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

Norwegian version of the WHO Adult ADHD Self-report scale, ASRS Short Form (Kessler et al 2005)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tiller DPS

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Trondheim, Norway

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