Does Active Parent Involvement in Deliberation and Choice Improve Medication Persistence for Their Child With ADHD

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Treatments: Behavioral: Recommendation; Behavioral: Choice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00631280

05-12-16

5R01MH074770-02 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether active parent involvement in deliberation and choice improves subsequent medication persistence for their child with ADHD.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 11 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with ADHD based on DSM-IV criteria
• Enrolled in school-setting
• No learning disability
• No past use of psychoactive medication

Exclusion criteria

• Do not meet DSM-IV criteria for ADHD
• Not enrolled in school-setting
• Presence of learning disability
• History of brain injury
• Past use of psychoactive medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Choice

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Choice

Recommendation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Recommendation