Clinical trial NCT01777724: Evaluation of a Parenting and Stress Management Programmme
Official title: Evaluation of a Parenting and Stress Management Programme: An Exploratory Randomised Controlled Trial of Triple P-Positive Parenting Program and Stress Control
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: TERMINATED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parenting
Parent Mental Health
Child Behaviour Problems
Lead sponsor: Medical Research Council
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
Collaborators: name: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
First posted: 2013-01-29
Enrollment: 14
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The study will use a randomised controlled trial design to evaluate the effects of a combined intervention of Triple P-Positive Parenting Program Discussion Groups and Stress Control in comparison to a waitlist condition. The combined intervention will be evaluated with parents in Glasgow, United Kingdom, with a 3-8 year old child.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Has a child aged between 3 and 8 years old
* Able to attend the group sessions held at Langside Halls, Shawlands in Glasgow, United Kingdom
* Able to read a newspaper without assistance

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child has a diagnosis of a developmental or intellectual disability or other significant health impairment

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in dysfunctional parenting practices as measured by the Parenting Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, mid-intervention (approximately 4 weeks after baseline), post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
measure: Change in symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress as measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales 21
timeFrame: Baseline, mid-intervention (approximately 4 weeks after baseline), post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in the frequency of disruptive child behaviours as measured by Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory-Intensity scale
timeFrame: Baseline, post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
measure: Change in positive mental wellbeing as measured by the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
measure: Change in parents' perceptions of their parenting experiences as measured by the Parenting Experience Survey
timeFrame: Baseline, post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
measure: Change in parents' perceptions of their parenting self-efficacy as measured by the Child Adjustment and Parent Efficacy Scale-Parent Efficacy subscale
timeFrame: Baseline, post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
measure: Change in parents' perceptions of their family relationships as measured by the Parenting and Family Adjustment Scale-Family Relationships subscale
timeFrame: Baseline, post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline), 3-month follow-up (approximately 24 weeks after baseline)
Other outcomes:
measure: Family demographics
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Parents' satisfaction with the Triple P Discussion Groups and Stress Control, as measured by the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire developed for Triple P programmes, and the Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire developed for Stress Control
timeFrame: Post-intervention (approximately 12 weeks after baseline)
measure: The fidelity of the intervention as measured by the Triple P Discussion Group session content checklists, and session content checklists for Stress Control that were developed for this study
timeFrame: The practitioner/s delivering the intervention will complete a session content checklist after each Triple P Discussion Group and after each Stress Control session
Locations:
city: Glasgow
country: United Kingdom
facility: Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
Study officials:
affiliation: Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit
name: Marion Henderson, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Palmer ML, Henderson M, Sanders MR, Keown LJ, White J. Study protocol: evaluation of a parenting and stress management programme: a randomised controlled trial of Triple P Discussion Groups and Stress Control. BMC Public Health. 2013 Sep 25;13:888. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-888.