Executive Functions and Symptom Reduction in Youth Receiving Home-based Treatment With Collaborative Problem Solving
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Child Behavior
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Enrollment
- 54
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in Executive Functioning Skills
- Status
- Active, Not Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
In this project, the investigators will extend prior results of parent-reported executive function growth and symptom reduction in children receiving home-based treatment with the Collaborative Problem Solving treatment approach (CPS), with a particular focus on examining children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The investigators will examine executive functioning (EF) of children who are receiving CPS, measuring EF with parent-report and objective computer-based tasks, at two timepoints: at the start of treatment and approximately four months later, and will collect symptoms at these plus three additional timepoints: at discharge, 6-months after discharge, and 12-months after discharge.
Investigators
Alisha R Pollastri
Director of Research and Evaluation, Think:Kids
Massachusetts General Hospital
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clients of participating non-profit organization that are receiving home-based youth mental health care
- •Speaking and writing English at level necessary to complete study requirements
Exclusion Criteria
- •Youth is in full state custody and consent cannot be obtained by a guardian
- •Youth and/or guardians do not speak English well enough to complete standardized measures
- •Youth has a confirmed or suspected Full Scale IQ below 70, or carries a prior diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder at the moderate or severe level
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in Executive Functioning Skills
Time Frame: Baseline and 4 months
CANTAB computer-based cognitive tasks (Motor Screening Task, Stop Signal Task, Spatial Span, Multitasking Test, Stockings of Cambridge, Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift)
Change in Behavioral Symptoms
Time Frame: Baseline, 4 months, and discharge
Clinical Global Impressions (Measures clients' symptom severity, global improvement, and therapeutic response)
Secondary Outcomes
- Treatment providers' fidelity to Collaborative Problem Solving (as a moderator)(provider rating made closest in proximity to four-month timepoint)
- Change in Child-Parent Relationship(Baseline and 4 months)