The Effects of a Peer Co-led Educational Programme for Parents of Children With ADHD
- Conditions
- Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Peer co-led educational groupBehavioral: Comparator treatment as usual
- Registration Number
- NCT04010851
- Lead Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Brief Summary
ADHD is associated with a substantial burden on families, and systems pertaining to health, social care, and criminal justice, and there is a need for more knowledge of the effects of non-pharmacological interventions. Educational and parental activation interventions may improve ADHD symptoms, and may enhance parent activation. Although the results of these studies are promising, few interventions have been carried out in collaboration with user representatives, which is required by Norwegian legislation. As such, there is a need for clinical studies that document the effects of educational group interventions based on user involvement that seeks to improve parental activation. Furthermore, it is not clear which type of educational intervention that should be offered, and which aspects of parenting behaviour to focus on. There is a lack of studies investigating whether adding an intervention designed specifically for families of children with ADHD will be more effective than treatment as usual (TAU). The purpose of the present study is to determine the feasibility and expected size of a substantive randomized controlled trial comparing an ADHD peer co-led educational programme added to TAU.
- Detailed Description
The primary objective of this trial is to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, to assure that procedures are adequate for a subsequent full size randomized controlled trial (RCT), and to determine the likely size of the trial comparing an ADHD specific parenting peer co-led intervention for parents of children with ADHD symptoms.
Specific objectives are:
(I) investigate whether parents of children recently diagnosed with ADHD are willing to be randomized to the intervention, (II) whether sufficient numbers of families can be recruited and retained such that a full-scale RCT is likely to be feasible, (III) whether research procedures and efficacy measures are feasible and acceptable to participating families and the outpatient clinics, and (IV) whether families participating in the intervention are satisfied with the intervention.
This feasibility study is not designed to detect a treatment effect, therefore a maximum of 50 parents will be recruited. The measurements will be taken in the children (at baseline and 3 months) and parents (at baseline, two weeks, pre-post intervention and 3 months follow-up) to determine the feasibility and acceptability. These measures are chosen because they address key components of the intervention (activation, quality of life and psychological well-being). Multiple measures of similar constructs will be administered where possible (e.g., psychological well-being and quality of life) to determine which measure to include in the definitive trial according to feasibility, acceptability, and sensitivity.
Feasibility assessments:
* Feasibility of recruitment.
* Acceptability of randomization and procedures will be determined by measuring loss to follow-up (post-test and 3-month follow-up), and reasons for withdrawal will be used collected.
* Acceptability of the intervention will be determined based on the number of sessions attended by participants in the peer co-led education. We will also reported on satisfaction with the program.
* Feasibility of quantitative measures will be deemed acceptable if no questionnaires are missing in full in more than 25% of the participants and if reliability was higher than 0.70.
* Follow-up response rates (post-intervention and 3 months follow-ups).
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Parents of children aged 6 - 12 with a formal diagnosis of ADHD, following a standardised assessment.
- Participants already taking part in research on a parenting intervention will also be ineligible to participate.
- Families attending other parenting groups
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Peer co-led educational group Peer co-led educational group The intervention delivered in a group format is added to treatment as usual. After the parents participate in the one day-intervention, they can continue in self-help groups, which meet once a week for a 2-hour evening session. User representatives lead these weekly self-help groups, which do not require user-fees and aim to offer practical tools, support and information to increase the parent's skills, knowledge and confidence. Control group Comparator treatment as usual The control goup will receive treatment as usual.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Feasibility of recruitment Over a two year study period Feasibility of recruitment will be assessed by determining the recruitment rate, by monitoring patient screening and subsequent agreement to participate.
Parental activation From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up Parental activation will be measure with the P-PAM-13. The 13-items P-PAM has four possible response options ranging from (1) strongly disagree, to (4) strongly agree, and an additional 'not applicable' option.
Satisfaction with the intervention From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up Parent satisfaction will be measured by means of the client satisfaction Questionnaire, CSQ-3 as it applies to the group-based educational programme. The scale comprises three items measured on a scale from 1 (not satisfied) to 4 (very satisfied).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Parental well-being From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up Parental well-being will be measured by the WHO-5 Well-being Index. The questionnaire has five items rated on a six-point scale from 0 (all the time) to 5 (at no time); this items are transformed into 0-100 scales (high scores indicate a better well-being).
Beliefs about medicines From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up To investigate the beliefs about medicines we will use the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ).
ADHD Scale Parent Version From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up The SNAP-IV 18-Item will be use to evaluate ADHD, the SNAP-IV 18-Item Scale Parent Version is an abbreviated version of the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham (SNAP). The questionnaire includes items for the two subsets of symptoms, inattention (items 1-9) and hyperactivity/impulsivity (items 10-18), from the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD. The scores in each of the two subsets are added together. SNAP-IV is used to measure ADHD symptoms and behavioral problems in school-aged children. Symptom severity is rated on a 4-point scale.
Parental quality of life From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up Parental quality of life will be measured by the 10- items Multicultural Quality of Life Index (MQLI) which cover key aspects of the concept, from physical well-being to spiritual fulfilment. The MQLI questionnaire has ten items.
Shared decision making From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up It will be assessed using a modified version of the Control Preferences Scale to provide information about the parent's preferred role in involvement.
Parental involvement in treatment decision From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up Parent involvement will be assessed using a modified version of the CollaboRATE scale
Adherence From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up To investigate medication adherence using the Medication Adherence Rating Scale 5 items.
Level of functioning of children in Child From baseline to 12- and 52-weeks follow-up The C-GAS will be used to assess the overall level of functioning of children. The C-GAS is a numeric scale ranging from 1 to 100 used to assess the overall level of functioning of children in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, with high scores indicating better functioning.