Encouraging Positive Parenting Habits Through Digital Media

NCT ID: NCT05145920

Last Updated: 2023-04-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 27 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-24

Brief Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility and preliminary impacts of a new parenting program consisting of a series of educational videos, delivered via a popular texting platform. For this pilot project, the program content is focused on teaching parents strategies to better manage one of the commonly reported challenges that children face, a transition to a non-preferred activity. Parents with young children demonstrating behavior consistent with ADHD and experiencing difficulties with daily transition routines are invited to participate in the study.

Detailed Description

This pilot study employs a pre-post, open trial design with the primary aim to investigate the feasibility of delivering parenting educational materials in a highly accessible format, i.e., a widely used texting platform. The training videos demonstrate the applications of antecedent- and reinforcement-based behavior management techniques in a specific situation and encourage parents to build positive parenting habits. The program usability and satisfaction will be assessed through ratings and answers to open-ended questions by participating parents. The study targets parents of children demonstrating symptoms of ADHD. These families frequently experience difficulties managing everyday routines at home, yet the access to psychosocial treatment is limited. The investigators expect parents to engage well in the program delivered via digital media. Based on the existing literature on the effectiveness of behavior parent training delivered in traditional in-person format, a moderate effect size is expected in the pre-post measures of parenting practices and the child target behavior for this study.

Conditions

ADHD

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Pilot testing of an education program promoting effective parenting habit

Parents will receive a series of 5 short videos via Whatsapp

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

HabitE (effective parenting habit) program (in Brazilian Portuguese)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Parents who enroll in the program will receive a series of 5 videos (\~ 7 minutes each), 1 video at a time, generally every 3 days. Parents will also receive daily written texts, which include implementation tips and an assessment of a target (transition) behavior.

Interventions

HabitE (effective parenting habit) program (in Brazilian Portuguese)

Parents who enroll in the program will receive a series of 5 videos (\~ 7 minutes each), 1 video at a time, generally every 3 days. Parents will also receive daily written texts, which include implementation tips and an assessment of a target (transition) behavior.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Parents of children, aged 4-8, who demonstrate behavior symptoms consistent with ADHD symptoms, i.e., at least 4 inattention and/or 4 hyperactivity/impulsivity symptoms (parent-report). The number of symptoms is lower than the diagnostic threshold to include those with emerging problems. No diagnosis will be made or confirmed in the study. Children need to live with the participating parents at least 5 days per week every week.

Exclusion Criteria

• Parents of children who have received other forms of pharmacological and/or non-pharmacological treatment in the past 3 months. These parents will be asked to wait to receive other forms of treatment until they complete the study participation.

Parents of children demonstrating symptoms consistent with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and those other difficulties (severe learning, mood and anxiety problems and environmental issues [e.g., recent divorce]) that would better explain the child's challenges transition routines.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 4 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

D'Or Institute for Research and Education

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Paulo E Mattos, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

D'Or Institute for Research and Eduaction

Locations

D'Or Institute for Research

Rio de Janeiro, , Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

50214221.6.0000.5249

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id