Enhancing adoptive parenting: a randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness, and comparative costs, of routine services compared with the addition of two specific interventions designed to enhance adoptive parenting of children placed from care

ISRCTN	ISRCTN04448012
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN04448012
Protocol serial number	036/02; NRR: N0042132119
Sponsor	King's College London (UK)
Funders	Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (UK), Nuffield Foundation (UK)

Submission date: 01/03/2004
Registration date: 01/04/2004
Last edited: 08/10/2010

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 Alan Rushton
Scientific

Section of Social Work and Social Care
Health Services Research Dept
Institute of Psychiatry
Kings College London
De Crespigny Park
London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)20 7848 5068
Email	A.Rushton@iop.kcl.ac.uk

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	To list the clinical and cost-effectiveness of early post-placement intervention with adoptive parents looking after children placed from care. Please note as of 03/12/2008 this record was updated to include the extention to the anticipated end date. This trial was initially planned to finish on the 31st March 2007.
Ethics approval(s)	Joint South London and Maudsley/Institute of Psychiatry Research Ethics Committee, Kings College London gave approval on the 15th March 2002 (ref: 036/02; 'Comparing types of support for adoptive families')
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Psycho-social problems of children adopted from care
Intervention	Intervention A: Standard social work support service, plus 10 weekly sessions of a manualised home based cognitive behavioural intervention to enhance parenting. Intervention B: Standard social work support service, plus 10 weekly sessions of a manualised home based educational programme on child maltreatment and its consequences. Intervention C: Standard social work support service, plus Intervention A or B after nine months (when follow up extra interventions completed).
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Strengths and difficulties questionnaires (SDQ) and impact supplement. Outcomes were measured immediately post-intervention and again 6 months later.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Adoption problem check list 2. User satisfaction 3. Intervention-based assessment of parenting change 4. Daily hassles 5. Expression of feelings questionnaire 6. Teacher ratings of SDQ Outcomes were measured immediately post-intervention and again 6 months later.
Completion date	31/12/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	180
Key inclusion criteria	Families who, within the past year, have had a child placed for adoption from local authority care.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Placed children who have major physical or learning difficulties 2. Placed children not showing sufficient difficulties to warrant the intervention 3. Foster families becoming adopters
Date of first enrolment	01/11/2002
Date of final enrolment	31/12/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

United Kingdom
England

Study participating centre

Section of Social Work and Social Care

London
SE5 8AF
United Kingdom

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/10/2010		Yes	No