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- Clinical Trial NCT04412590
Pilot Study of the Vermont Family Based Approach in Primary Care Pediatrics
Pilot Study of the Vermont Family Based Approach in Primary Care Pediatrics at the University of Vermont Medical Center
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
To enhance the health of our communities, we need approaches to healthcare delivery that focus on the entire family, recognize the central role of emotional and behavioral health in relation to all health, use evidence-based health promotion in addition to evidence based treatment of existing problems, and intervene early in children's life.
The VFBA is a public health framework for evidence-based health promotion, prevention, and treatment that is delivered from the family perspective and emphasizes emotional and behavioral health.
The study was a pilot RCT of the VFBA in a primary care pediatrics clinic. The goals of the study were to test whether the VFBA would (1) be feasible in primary care pediatrics and (2) would lead to improved emotional and behavioral health and health-related quality of life or children and parents. Families were recruited at the pediatric clinic and randomized to the VFBA or Control conditions.
The VFBA group received family-based assessment of emotional and behavioral health and family functioning, family wellness coaching, and a menu of cost-free wellness activities, such as parent and child violin instruction, yoga and mindfulness training, and nutrition counseling. Where indicated by results of family-based assessment, families in the VFBA group also received family-based, evidence-based psychotherapy and psychiatric care. Families in the Control group received pediatric primary care, as usual.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Vermont
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Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401
- Vermont Center for Children, Youth & Families
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Families with a 3 - 15 year-old child who receives his/her primary care at the University of Vermont Pediatric Primary Care Clinic
Exclusion Criteria:
- Families with a target child in the legal custody of the State of Vermont
- Families where the parents' proficiency in English is not sufficient to participate in the protocol without an interpreter
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Vermont Family Based Approach
The VFBA group was offered a variety of supports and services to help them achieve and maintain wellness and address emotional behavioral challenges. All families partnered with a Family Wellness Coach (FWC) to design and implement a comprehensive program of family health and wellness with an emphasis on nutrition, exercise, music training, mindfulness, decreasing screen time, and positive parenting. Families with a child or parent experiencing significant emotional and behavioral problems were also partnered with Focused Family Coaches (FFCs) and Family Based Psychiatrists (FBPs). FFCs and FBPs respectively provided evidence-based psychotherapy and psychiatric care from the family perspective. Families also were also offered health promotion programs, including music lessons for all family members, behavioral parent training, yoga and mindfulness training, and nutrition coaching. |
Comprehensive and individualized program to promote emotional health and wellbeing in families using evidence-based health promotion, prevention and intervention.
Other Names:
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Active Comparator: Control
The Control Group received pediatric care as usual.
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Pediatric care as usual.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Feasibility Index 1
Time Frame: during study enrollment
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descriptive statistics for the number of family visits with FWCs
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during study enrollment
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Feasibility Index 2
Time Frame: during study enrollment
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descriptive statistics for the number of family visits with FFCs
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during study enrollment
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Feasibility Index 3
Time Frame: during study enrollment
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number of health and wellness supports and services the family engaged with
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during study enrollment
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Children's Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) Total Problems Score (Range: 0-224; higher scores indicate more emotional and behavioral problems)
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Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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Children's Health Related Quality of Life
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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The Child Health Questionnaire for Parents - Short Form (CHQ-SF) General Health Perceptions (Range: 0-100; higher scores indicate greater health-related quality of life)
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Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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Parents' Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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The Adult Self-Report (ASR) Total Problems Score (Range: 0-224; higher scores indicate higher levels of emotional and behavioral problems)
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Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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Health Related Quality of Life of Caregivers
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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The MOS 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (MOS-36) General Health Scale (Range: 0-100; higher scores indicate higher health-related quality of life)
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Baseline, 12 month assessment (final assessment)
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: James J Hudziak, MD, University of Vermont Medical Center
Publications and helpful links
General Publications
- Ware JE Jr, Sherbourne CD. The MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36). I. Conceptual framework and item selection. Med Care. 1992 Jun;30(6):473-83.
- McHorney CA, Ware JE Jr, Lu JF, Sherbourne CD. The MOS 36-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): III. Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability across diverse patient groups. Med Care. 1994 Jan;32(1):40-66. doi: 10.1097/00005650-199401000-00004.
- McHorney CA, Ware JE Jr, Raczek AE. The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): II. Psychometric and clinical tests of validity in measuring physical and mental health constructs. Med Care. 1993 Mar;31(3):247-63. doi: 10.1097/00005650-199303000-00006.
- Achenbach, T. M., & Rescorla, L. A. (2003). Manual for the ASEBA Adult Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, & Families.
- Achenbach, T.M., & Rescorla, L.A. (2003). Manual for the ASEBA School-Age Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth & Families.
- Achenbach, T.M., & Rescorla, L.A. (2000). Manual for the ASEBA Preschool Forms & Profiles. Burlington, VT: University of Vermont, Research Center for Children, Youth, and Families.
- Christensen P. The health-promoting family: a conceptual framework for future research. Soc Sci Med. 2004 Jul;59(2):377-87. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.021.
- Hudziak, J.J., & Bartels, M. (2008). Genetic and environmental influences on wellness, resilience, and psychopathology: A family-based approach for promotion, prevention, and intervention. In J.J. Hudziak (Ed.), Developmental psychopathology and wellness: Genetic and environmental influences. (pp. 267-286). New York, NY: American Psychopathological Association.
- Raat H, Botterweck AM, Landgraf JM, Hoogeveen WC, Essink-Bot ML. Reliability and validity of the short form of the child health questionnaire for parents (CHQ-PF28) in large random school based and general population samples. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005 Jan;59(1):75-82. doi: 10.1136/jech.2003.012914.
- Hudziak J, Ivanova MY. The Vermont Family Based Approach: Family Based Health Promotion, Illness Prevention, and Intervention. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2016 Apr;25(2):167-78. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2015.11.002. Epub 2016 Jan 19.
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Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- CHRMS 16-004
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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