Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Judy Hutchings
ORCID ID
Contact details
School of Psychology
Brigantia Building
University of Wales
Bangor
LL57 2DG
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 1248 383625
j.hutchings@bangor.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
1583/1566
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
IYCC
Study hypothesis
The diagnosis Conduct Disorder (CD) is used to refer to severely disruptive, aggressive and/or destructive behaviour characterised by a repetitive and persistent pattern of anti-social behaviour in children and adolescents with an estimated prevalence between 5% and 10%.
The hypotheses of this study are:
1. Parenting skills will improve and parental stress and depression will be reduced following parent training.
2. Children whose parents received parent training will show reduced problem behaviour and hyperactivity, and improved self-control.
Ethics approval
Ethics approval was granted by North West Wales Health Authority REC on 19/03/2003 (reference: 02/12).
Study design
Randomised controlled trial.
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Conduct disorder in pre-school children
Intervention
The study evaluates a parenting programme as an intervention. The 126 participants were randomly allocated to intervention and waiting list control on a 2:1 (intervention to control) basis, after they were stratified by age and sex of index child, using a random number generator. Block randomisation took place, that is, parents were randomly allocated to intervention or control after baseline assessment at each of the 11 areas. Families were seen at baseline, follow up one, two, and three, with each time point being six months apart.
The Webster-Stratton Incredible Years BASIC Parenting Programme was being delivered as the preventive intervention. The intervention was delivered between baseline and follow-up one, with controls being offered the intervention after follow-up one. Researchers collecting questionnaire and observational data at each time point were blind to which group/condition the participants were allocated to.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Follow-up scores on the ECBI
Secondary outcome measures
Other questionnaire measures which assess parental stress and depression levels, parenting skills, child hyperactivity, child social competence, child self-control, child deviance. In addition parent-child observations were carried out to objectively assess interactions and parent skills and child behaviour.
Overall trial start date
01/10/2002
Overall trial end date
31/12/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Families were included in the study if they lived within a designated Sure Start (socially disadvantaged, predominantly low-income) area with a child aged three or four years scoring above the clinical cut-off on either the problem or intensity scale of the Eyberg Child Behaviour Inventory (ECBI).
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Child
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
126, 84 in the intervention group and 42 in the control group
Participant exclusion criteria
Participants were excluded if children:
1. Were the wrong age
2. Scored below the clinical cut-off on the ECBI
3. If the family were not on a low income
Recruitment start date
01/10/2002
Recruitment end date
31/12/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
School of Psychology
Bangor
LL57 2DG
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
The Health Foundation (UK)
Sponsor details
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 207 257 8000
info@health.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
The Health Foundation (UK) (ref: 1583/1566)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
2007 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17350966
2013 results in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24350571
Publication citations
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Results
Hutchings J, Gardner F, Bywater T, Daley D, Whitaker C, Jones K, Eames C, Edwards RT, Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2007, 334, 7595, 678, doi: 10.1136/bmj.39126.620799.55.
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Results
Charles JM, Bywater TJ, Edwards RT, Hutchings J, Zou L, Parental depression and child conduct problems: evaluation of parental service use and associated costs after attending the Incredible Years Basic Parenting Programme., BMC Health Serv Res, 2013, 13, 523, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-523.