Strongest Families Ontario (Formerly the Family Help Program)
NCT ID: NCT01473511
Last Updated: 2016-09-02
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE3
172 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-02-28
2015-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The Strongest Families Program is a distance parenting program that was developed at the Centre for Research in Family Health at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Most families are able to manage these problems if they are given the skills to do so. The Strongest Families "Parenting the Active Child" Distance Program is done over the telephone; families do not have to travel to a centre to receive help. This program includes a handbook, videos and weekly phone calls between the parent and non-professional'coach'. The coach provides support to families, answer questions and guide parents as they learn the skills. Strongest Families has helped hundreds of families in Nova Scotia.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Strongest Families Program + Usual care
50% randomized to receive Strongest Families intervention immediately as well as the usual care services available via the referring agency for the 22 month study period.
Strongest Families Intervention (formerly Family Help)
Distance HEALTH education intervention focussed on skill learning for parents
Usual care
50% randomized will not receive Strongest Families Intervention during the 22 month study phase, but will receive the usual care services available via the referring agency. At the end of the 22 month study period study participants will be offered the Strongest Families Intervention services.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Strongest Families Intervention (formerly Family Help)
Distance HEALTH education intervention focussed on skill learning for parents
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Child is aged 6 to 12 years and
* Completed and signed referral form from a participating intake site is received and
* Parent/legal guardian provides verbal, telephone consent to participate and
* Ability of participant to read and understand English (at a Grade 5 level) and
* There must be the reasonable intention that for the study duration the child will remain in the direct care of the participant and at the same address as the participant (2 years) and o Child presents with significant levels of disruptive behaviour based on the BCFPI results at the referring agent end and clinical evaluation of the corroborative study assessment measures.
Exclusion Criteria
* Child is in the care of a child protective agency or currently being investigated by a child protective agency
* Child has received any form of behavioural treatment in the past 6 months
* Child is at an imminent risk of harm to themselves or others
* In the judgment of the investigator or delegate, any condition that may interfere with effective delivery of the study protocol/intervention program (i.e., High parental DASS-21 score, complex child symptomology, families who are unmotivated or are in complete chaos)
6 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
OTHER_GOV
IWK Health Centre
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Patrick J McGrath, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Vice President of REsearch Services
Locations
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IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Countries
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References
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Lingely-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. A therapeutic alliance can exist without face-to-face contact. J Telemed Telecare. 2006;12(8):396-9. doi: 10.1258/135763306779378690.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. Telehealth: a child and family-friendly approach to mental health-care reform. J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(5):225-6. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.008001.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. Distance therapeutic alliance: the participant's experience. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2007 Oct-Dec;30(4):353-66. doi: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000300184.94595.25.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. A paediatric therapeutic alliance occurs with distance intervention. J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(5):236-40. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080101.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. Development and initial validation of the treatment barrier index scale: a content validity study. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2011 Apr-Jun;34(2):151-62. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182186cc0.
McGrath PJ, Lingley-Pottie P, Emberly DJ, Thurston C, McLean C. Integrated knowledge translation in mental health: family help as an example. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;18(1):30-7.
McGrath PJ, Lingley-Pottie P, Thurston C, MacLean C, Cunningham C, Waschbusch DA, Watters C, Stewart S, Bagnell A, Santor D, Chaplin W. Telephone-based mental health interventions for child disruptive behavior or anxiety disorders: randomized trials and overall analysis. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;50(11):1162-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.07.013. Epub 2011 Sep 3.
Lingley-Pottie P, Janz T, McGrath PJ, Cunningham C, MacLean C. Outcome progress letter types: parent and physician preferences for letters from pediatric mental health services. Can Fam Physician. 2011 Dec;57(12):e473-81.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ, Andreou P. Barriers to mental health care: perceived delivery system differences. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2013 Jan-Mar;36(1):51-61. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e31828077eb.
Other Identifiers
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MCT-91030
Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT
Identifier Source: secondary_id
4839
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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