Optimizing Residential Treatment Gains for Adolescents

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-08-31

Study Completion Date

2025-06-02

Brief Summary

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The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a web-based parent training augmented with facilitated parent groups. This hybrid group-based parenting program (called Parenting Wisely for Residential Treatment; PWRT) is designed to prepare parents for the reintegration of their adolescents in the home after intensive psychiatric residential treatment. Researchers will compare PWRT to treatment as usual to determine whether PWRT effects target mechanisms (i.e., family function, social support, parental self-efficacy, parenting practices) and adolescent outcomes (i.e., internalizing and externalizing behaviors, placement restrictiveness).

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Detailed Description

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A randomized controlled trial (RCT) design is employed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, engagement of target mechanisms, and preliminary effects of PWRT in parents with adolescents transitioning from residential treatment (RT) to the community. Parents (n=60) will be randomly assigned to receive Parenting Wisely augmented with facilitated discussion groups (referred to as PWRT; n=30) or treatment-as-usual (TAU; n=30). In the PWRT condition, parents will complete 2 web-based modules in an online parent training program called Parenting Wisely. Parents will also attend a 90-minute discussion group via Zoom. The RCT will allow for testing of target mechanism engagement (i.e., parental self-efficacy, parenting behaviors, social support, family function) and the intervention's effects on adolescent outcomes (i.e., internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, placement restrictiveness). Parents will complete assessments at baseline (T1), six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3) via REDCap. While adolescents (n=60) will not directly receive the intervention, they will complete assessments at baseline, six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3).

Aim 1: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of PWRT. 1a. Evaluate the feasibility of PWRT by tracking the frequency, dose, and duration. 1b. Evaluate the acceptability of PWRT for parents with adolescents in RT.

Aim 2: Determine the effects of PWRT on the target mechanisms compared to the TAU condition from baseline to 6-weeks and 6-months post-baseline.

Aim 3: Determine the effects of PWRT on adolescent outcomes compared to the TAU condition from baseline to 6-weeks and 6-months post-baseline. 3a. Determine if changes in the target mechanisms are associated with adolescent outcomes at six weeks and six months post-baseline.

Exploratory Aim: Explore the feasibility of collecting data from adolescents in an RT facility by tracking frequency (recruitment, enrollment, retention rates), duration (time between parent consent and assent; survey duration), and barriers to data collection.

Conditions

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Parenting Adolescent - Emotional Problem Mental Disorder in Adolescence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

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Study Groups

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Parenting Wisely Residential Treatment (PWRT)

In the PWRT condition, parents will complete a total of ten web-based modules in an online parent training program called Parenting Wisely. Each week, parents will also attend a 90-minute facilitated discussion group via Zoom. Parents will complete assessments at baseline (T1), six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3) via REDCap. While adolescents (n=60) will not directly receive the intervention, they will complete assessments at baseline, six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Parenting Wisely Residential Treatment (PWRT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

PWRT experimental intervention

Treatment as Usual (TAU)

The TAU condition is the standard of care offered to parents in RT settings. Parents in the TAU condition will receive traditional programming, including family therapy offered weekly during the RT admission. Parents will attend discharge planning meetings with caseworkers (if assigned) to discuss the adolescent's progress, continued treatment needs, safety plans, upcoming appointments, and medication needs. Following discharge, programs frequently recommend follow-up with an outpatient provider for medication management and therapy for the adolescent. Parents will complete assessments at baseline (T1), six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3) via REDCap. While adolescents (n=60) will not directly receive the intervention, they will complete assessments at baseline, six weeks post-baseline (T2), and six months post-baseline (T3).

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

TAU

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The TAU condition is the standard of care offered to parents in RT settings.

Interventions

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Parenting Wisely Residential Treatment (PWRT)

PWRT experimental intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

TAU

The TAU condition is the standard of care offered to parents in RT settings.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Parenting Wisely PW

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Caregiver (e.g., biological, step, kin, foster, adoptive) to an adolescent aged 11-17 years old admitted to psychiatric residential treatment;
* The caregiver is allowed contact with the adolescent;
* Has access to a device (e.g., smartphone) with internet access.

* Ability to understand and willingness to provide written assent
* Legal guardian provides written consent;
* Currently or previously admitted to psychiatric residential treatment
* Aged 11-17 years at enrollment;