Mobile Behavioral Parent Training for Childhood ADHD: A Micro-randomized Trial

NCT ID: NCT06012851

Last Updated: 2024-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-01

Study Completion Date

2024-09-23

Brief Summary

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The goal of the study is to develop and refine a personalized behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The behavioral intervention will teach positive parenting through videos and quizzes that caregivers can access through a smartphone application. The program also gives parents and caregivers in-the-moment feedback their use of parenting strategies. The current study, a micro-randomized trial, aims to see whether the in-the-moment feedback given to parents (a push notification on their smartphone) changes parenting behavior right after the feedback. Micro-randomized means that parents are randomly assigned repeatedly, in this study multiple times per day, to receive or not receive parenting feedback or suggestions on their smartphones.

The main questions to answer are:

Is parenting feedback provided by a smartphone application acceptable to caregivers? When parents receive the feedback, do they use more positive parenting skills in the next few minutes compared to when they do not receive the feedback? Is the phone application usable and acceptable to parents and caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

All participants receive access to a beta version of the mobile behavioral parent training application. Each participant is randomized multiple times per day (about 4-6 times per day) to received either no push notification (50% chance) or a push notification providing parenting feedback or a suggestion to use a parenting strategy (50% chance).
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Mobile BPT with in-the-moment feedback

Participants will be randomized multiple times per day to receive a push notification that provides feedback about parenting.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile behavioral parent training (mBPT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.

In the moment feedback

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In-the-moment feedback will include parenting feedback.

Mobile BPT with in-the-moment suggestions

Participants will be randomized multiple times per day to receive a push notification that provides a suggestion for a parenting behavior.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mobile behavioral parent training (mBPT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.

In the moment suggestions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In-the-moment feedback will include suggestions for parenting strategies.

Mobile BPT only

Participants will be randomized multiple times per day to receive no push notification.

Group Type OTHER

Mobile behavioral parent training (mBPT)

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.

Interventions

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Mobile behavioral parent training (mBPT)

The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In the moment feedback

In-the-moment feedback will include parenting feedback.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In the moment suggestions

In-the-moment feedback will include suggestions for parenting strategies.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Currently meets Diagnostic Statistical Manual 5 diagnostic criteria for ADHD
* Ages 7 -12
* Has parent-reported impairment in homework performance defined as a score of 3 or greater on an Impairment Rating Scale measure (Fabiano et al., 2006) of homework performance
* Has at least one parent or primary caregiver who is willing to participate and is able to access the intervention at home via smartphone.

Exclusion Criteria

* N/A
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Florida International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Center for Children and Families of Western New York

Buffalo, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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1R34MH128513-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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