Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Adolescents

NCT ID: NCT01726361

Last Updated: 2013-11-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

WITHDRAWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-11-30

Study Completion Date

2016-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care compared to treatment as usual (TAU) for adolescents in Denmark in need of out-of-home placement.

Detailed Description

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It is difficult to treat adolescents with serious behaviour problems. Although the number of adolescents displaying serious behaviour problems is limited, they are a serious concern to the society e.g. because of their frequent violent behaviour, criminal activities and lack of school adherence.

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)is a community-based treatment program developed in USA. The goal of the MTFC program is to decrease problem behaviour and to increase developmentally appropriate normative and prosocial behavior in adolescents who are in need of out-of-home placement.

This study will evaluate the effect of MTFC on adolescents in out-of-home placement.

Participants will be recruited by caseworkers in the municipalities and randomly assigned to either MTFC or TAU. TAU will consist of other kinds of out-of-home placements. Outcomes will be assessed for all participants at baseline, post-treatment (12 months), and 12 months post-treatment. Parents and youth will be asked to fill out questionnaires on e.g. behaviour, parental stress, sense of cohesion, general health.

Conditions

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Adolescent Behaviour Family Functioning

Keywords

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Multidimension Treatment Foster Care Adolescents Disadvantaged families Out-of-home placement Conduct Disorder Family program Denmark Youth

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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MTFC

Out of home placement in MTFC family program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Out of home placement in MTFC family for 10-12 months

TAU

Other kind of out of home placement

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other kinds of out of home placement

Interventions

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Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care

Out of home placement in MTFC family for 10-12 months

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Treatment as usual

Other kinds of out of home placement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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TAU

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 12-17 years old
* In need of out of home placement
* serious behaviour problems

Exclusion Criteria

* severe psychiatric illness in youth or parent
* risk of suicide in youth
* acute psychosis in youth
* sexual offence by youth
* severe substance abuse in youth or parent
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

17 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Board of Social Services, Denmark

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ministry of Social Affairs, Denmark

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

VIVE - The Danish Center for Social Science Research

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Mette Deding

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

SFI the Danish National Centre for Social Research

Locations

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SFI the Danish National Centre for Social Research

Copenhagen, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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SFI 2506

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id