The Therapeutic Effects of Barkley's Parenting Management Program for Taiwanese School-Aged Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

July 24, 2009 updated by: National Taiwan University Hospital

The Therapeutic Effects of Barkley's Parenting Management Program for Taiwanese School-aged Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The purpose of this study is to explore the therapeutic effects of Barkley's parenting management program for Taiwanese school-aged children with ADHD. The investigators hypothesized that Barkley's parenting management program might empower the parents' competence to manage their school-aged children's ADHD-related disturbing behaviors as its previously-proven effects for parents and their preschool-aged children with ADHD.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participants will be recruited from the child psychiatric clinics of NTUH-Yunlin branch and will include 30 school children with ADHD, their parents and teachers. The Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-epidemiology version will be adopted to confirm the diagnosis of ADHD. The child participants will received assessments of the Conner's Continuous Performance Test, and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-4th edition. We use ADHD symptoms, children't wellbeing, parent-child relationship, parent's competence and parenting stress as the outcome indices of therapeutic effects.Research instruments employed include CBCL, SNAP-IV, Parental Bonding Instrument, The Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale, Chinese Health Questionnaire, Parenting Stress Index, Short Form, Multidimensional student's life satisfaction scale and Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

Phase

  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
    • Yunlin County
      • Douliou City, Yunlin County, Taiwan, 640
        • Recruiting
        • National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch
        • Contact:

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parents of 7-12 year-old aged children with ADHD and overall normal intelligence

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Parents of children with comorbid autism spectrum disorders

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
SNAP-IV
Time Frame: pretest, before session 4, before session 8, posttest, 3 months after the program finished
pretest, before session 4, before session 8, posttest, 3 months after the program finished

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Parenting Stress Index, Short Form
Time Frame: pretest, posttest, 3 months after the program finished
pretest, posttest, 3 months after the program finished

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

  • Study Director: Shu-Tsen Liu, M.D, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Yun-Lin Branch

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

June 1, 2009

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2010

Study Completion (Anticipated)

April 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 23, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

July 27, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

July 27, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 24, 2009

Last Verified

July 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 200904005R

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