Preference and Goal Directed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Care- Pilot Study

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Treatments: Other: Preference and Goal Instrument

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01487967

11-008315

Details and patient eligibility

About

This pilot intervention study will test the feasibility and acceptability and explore the outcomes of an urban, primary care-based intervention to measure families' preferences and goals for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) treatment and structure clinical care to reach these goals.

Full description

The intervention includes provision of enhanced, culturally appropriate education about ADHD and its treatment, completion of a validated preference and goal instrument, use of this instrument in the ADHD treatment decision-making process, and tracking of preferences and goals over time.

Enrollment: 120 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All interested non-trainee clinicians at study sites
• Parents/legal guardians of children age 6-12, in K-6 grade, diagnosed with ADHD.

Exclusion criteria

• child diagnosed with autism or a psychotic disorder
• parents non-English speaking
• parents unable to provide consent
• pediatric residents

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Families in the intervention arm will receive culturally appropriate educational material, complete the Preference and Goal Instrument at the study start, use the results to inform decision making about ADHD treatment, have their preferences/goals tracked in the electronic health record, and have their progress toward their goals assessed at 3 months and 6 months (approximately).

Treatment:

Other: Preference and Goal Instrument

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Parents will receive education on ADHD and its treatment, and otherwise receive standard care.