An Internet-delivered Intervention for Parents of Children With ADHD (ADHDCoach)

Babes-Bolyai University

Status: Completed

Conditions: ADHD

Treatments: Behavioral: ADHDCoach; Other: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05341310

PN-III-P1-1.1-PD-2019-1191

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aims of the present study is to investigate the efficacy of a co-designed individually-tailored Internet intervention for parents of children with ADHD.

Full description

Attention/deficit-hyperactivity disorder is a prevalent mental health problem in children with a significant impact on children, families and society. Despite the fact that evidence-based treatment exists, with pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic options available, a significant percentage of children do not have access to treatment. Behavioral parent training is recommended as first line treatment for children with ADHD, however, parents face numerous challenges in access, and even when they access BPT, dropout rates are high. Technology could improve access to evidence-based treatments and surpass existent gaps. For instance, Internet interventions are associated with moderate to large effect sizes for anxiety and depressive symptoms in adults.

Participants included in this study, namely parents of children diagnosed with ADHD (aged 6-11 years) will be randomized either to ADHDCoach intervention or Treatment as usual.

Enrollment: 86 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parent of a child diagnosed with ADHD
• Child aged between 5-11 years
• Have Internet access
• Have ability to read and write in Romanian
• No medication/ or stable dose of pharmacological treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Other ongoing psychological treatment or counselling for mental health problems (currently undergoing psychotherapy or participating in a parenting program for child ADHD)
• Recent (within the past 3 months) changes in the dose of medication
• Serious psychopathology requiring immediate clinical attention (e.g., severe depressive symptoms)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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86 participants in 2 patient groups

ADHDCoach

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the experimental group will have access to an individually-tailored Internet intervention developed for the present study. The intervention in clinician-guided and it consists of nine modules delivered for four weeks. The Internet Intervention, called ADHDCoach, is based on an existent Behavioral Parent training protocol, an intervention that was previously tested in a randomized controlled trial with Romanian children. The contents for parent modules were developed according to Rational Emotive and Behavioral Therapy.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual

Behavioral: ADHDCoach

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treatment as usual at the outpatient clinic

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual