Parenting matters: helping parents with young children

ISRCTN ISRCTN81511074
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN81511074
ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT00133055
Secondary identifying numbers MCT-67816
Submission date
09/08/2005
Registration date
09/08/2005
Last edited
09/07/2013
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Graham James Reid
Scientific

Social Sciences Centre
1151 Richmond Street
SSC 7310
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
N6A 5C2
Canada

Phone +1 519 661 2111 (84677)
Email greid@uwo.ca

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeTreatment
Scientific title
Study objectivesWe hypothesise that parents receiving treatment booklets addressing sleep and bedtime behaviours (Trial 1) or discipline problems (Trial 2) and telephone support, along with usual care by their family physician, will demonstrate greater reductions in sleep or discipline problems, improved parenting practices, and greater reductions in child behaviour problems in general following the intervention compared to parents receiving usual medical care.
Ethics approval(s)The University of Western Ontario Research Ethics Board for Health Sciences Research Involving Human Subjects (HSREB), 08/11/2004
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedDiscipline and Sleep Problems
InterventionIntervention group in each trial (trial 1 - [sleep], trial 2 [discipline] and trial 3 [both sleep and discipline]) will receive by mail a problem-specific self-help treatment booklet. Trial 3 participants will receive one of the two treatment booklets. Furthermore all of them will receive telephone support (three phone calls in total over six week treatment period) in addition to usual care by a family physician.

Control group: Usual care by a family physician.
Intervention typeOther
Primary outcome measureThere are separate primary outcomes measured for each trial:
Sleep and bedtime problems trial (Trial 1): Parent report on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire
Discipline problems trial (Trial 2): Parent rated total problem score on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
Sleep and Discipline problems trial (Trial 3): Parent report on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (Group 1 – Sleep treatment) and Parent rated total problem score on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Group 2 – Discipline treatment)
Secondary outcome measures1. Parenting practices - Total score on the Parenting Scale
2. General child behavior problems - Total problem score on the Child Behavior Checklist
3. Daily recall ratings of sleep and discipline problems (four reports in total)
4. Parent report on the Richman sleep questionnaire (only for trial 1 [sleep and bedtime problems] and for trial 3 participants if in sleep treatment condition)
Overall study start date01/01/2005
Completion date31/05/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
SexBoth
Target number of participants480 (Added 09/08/2011: 548 actually recruited)
Key inclusion criteriaParents of children aged two to five years of either sex with concerns about their child’s sleep (trial 1), discipline (trial 2), or sleep and discipline (trial 3):
1. Parent (primary caregiver) of 2 - 5 year old child
2. Attending a medical appointment at a family medical practice
3. Phone in home
4. Parent concerned about child’s sleep and/or discipline
5. Parent interested in participating in a treatment study
Key exclusion criteria1. Parent non-English speaking
2. Child with significant physical (e.g. cerebral palsy) or developmental (e.g. Down syndrome) disability
3. Parent’s only sleep concern is in regards to a physiological sleep disorder (e.g. sleep apnea, snoring) or bedwetting
Date of first enrolment01/01/2005
Date of final enrolment31/05/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Canada

Study participating centre

Social Sciences Centre
London, Ontario
N6A 5C2
Canada

Sponsor information

University of Western Ontario (Canada)
University/education

1151 Richmond Street North
London, Ontario
N6A 3K7
Canada

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Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca (ref: MCT-67816)

No information available

The Provincial (Ontario) Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO (Canada)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/02/2013 Yes No