Internet-based Treatment of Early Childhood Fecal Incontinence
NCT ID: NCT00067769
Last Updated: 2015-12-07
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
91 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-10-31
2007-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This project will have four phases. Phase 1 will identify optimal Internet and treatment elements as well as issues in need of experimental investigation. Phase 2 will investigate how to enhance Internet interventions. Phase 3 will evaluate the relative benefit of adding the Internet treatment to clinical services provided by clinicians in the fields of medicine and mental health. Phase 4 will investigate the relative long-term benefits of adding such an Internet-based intervention to professional care to determine its impact on symptom improvement, relapse prevention, quality of life, and its cost-effectiveness. Phase 4 will also assess to what extent the program is disseminated worldwide when made available on the Internet.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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TAU
Patients received treatment as usual (TAU) as defined as continued clinical care.
treatment as usual
Routine clinical care.
TAU+UCanPoopToo
Patients received treatment as usual (TAU) plus the Internet intervention (UCanPoopToo.)
Internet-based intervention UCanPoopToo
Internet-based intervention to administer Enhanced Toilet Training (ETT).
Interventions
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Internet-based intervention UCanPoopToo
Internet-based intervention to administer Enhanced Toilet Training (ETT).
treatment as usual
Routine clinical care.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Access to the Internet, either through a family computer or a community computer
Exclusion Criteria
* A primary illness responsible for fecal soiling (e.g., spina bifida)
6 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
University of Virginia
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Daniel Cox, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and NB Sciences
Principal Investigators
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Daniel J Cox, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Virginia
Locations
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University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Ritterband LM, Cox DJ, Walker LS, Kovatchev B, McKnight L, Patel K, Borowitz S, Sutphen J. An Internet intervention as adjunctive therapy for pediatric encopresis. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2003 Oct;71(5):910-7. doi: 10.1037/0022-006X.71.5.910.
Cox DJ, Morris JB Jr, Borowitz SM, Sutphen JL. Psychological differences between children with and without chronic encopresis. J Pediatr Psychol. 2002 Oct-Nov;27(7):585-91. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/27.7.585.
Borowitz SM, Cox DJ, Sutphen JL, Kovatchev B. Treatment of childhood encopresis: a randomized trial comparing three treatment protocols. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2002 Apr;34(4):378-84. doi: 10.1097/00005176-200204000-00012.
Brooks RC, Copen RM, Cox DJ, Morris J, Borowitz S, Sutphen J. Review of the treatment literature for encopresis, functional constipation, and stool-toileting refusal. Ann Behav Med. 2000 Summer;22(3):260-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02895121.
Borowitz SM, Cox DJ, Sutphen JL. Differences in toileting habits between children with chronic encopresis, asymptomatic siblings, and asymptomatic nonsiblings. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 1999 Jun;20(3):145-9. doi: 10.1097/00004703-199906000-00002.
Cox DJ, Sutphen J, Borowitz S, Kovatchev B, Ling W. Contribution of behavior therapy and biofeedback to laxative therapy in the treatment of pediatric encopresis. Ann Behav Med. 1998 Spring;20(2):70-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02884451.
Cox DJ, Sutphen J, Ling W, Quillian W, Borowitz S. Additive benefits of laxative, toilet training, and biofeedback therapies in the treatment of pediatric encopresis. J Pediatr Psychol. 1996 Oct;21(5):659-70. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/21.5.659.
Ling W, Cox DJ, Sutphen J, Borowitz S. Psychological factors in encopresis: comparison of patients to nonsymptomatic siblings. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1996 Aug;35(8):427. doi: 10.1177/000992289603500814. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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11116
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id