Parenting Matters: Helping Parents With Young Children
2 other identifiers
interventional
548
1 country
1
Brief Summary
Sleep and discipline problems are the most common problems for parents of young children (ages 2 to 5 years old) and are the two concerns with the strongest relations to future child behavior problems. The Parenting Matters program combines treatment booklets and telephone support to help parents deal with sleep or discipline problems. Parents with concerns and who are interested in the study are identified during a visit to their family physician. We, the investigators at the University of Western Ontario, expect that parents receiving treatment booklets, along with usual care by their family physician, will have greater reductions in their child's sleep or discipline problems, improved parenting practices, and greater reductions in child behaviour problems after receiving the Parenting Matters intervention, compared to parents receiving usual medical care.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for phase_2
Started Jul 2005
Typical duration for phase_2
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
Click on a node to explore related trials.
Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2005
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 18, 2005
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 22, 2005
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 1, 2009
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2009
CompletedApril 13, 2018
August 1, 2011
3.7 years
August 18, 2005
April 11, 2018
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Sleep and bedtime problems trial (Trial 1): parent report on the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire
7 weeks post randomization
Discipline problems trial (Trial 2): parent rated total problem score on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory
7 weeks post randomization
Sleep and discipline problems trial (Trial 3): parent report on the Children's Sleep Habit Questionnaire (Group 1-sleep treatment) and parent rated total problem score on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (Group 2-discipline treatment)
7 weeks post randomization
Secondary Outcomes (4)
Parenting practices-total score on the Parenting Scale
7 weeks post randomization; 3- & 6-month follow-up; 12-month follow-up treatment group only
General child behavior problems-total problem score on the Child Behavior Checklist
7 weeks post randomization; 3- & 6-month follow-up; 12-month follow-up treatment group only
Daily recall ratings of sleep and discipline problems (3 reports in total)
4 & 6 weeks post randomization; 3- & 6-month follow-up; 12-month follow-up treatment group only
Parent report on the Richman sleep questionnaires (only for Trial 1-sleep and bedtime problems and for Trial 3 participants if in sleep treatment condition)
7 weeks post randomization; 3- & 6-month follow-up; 12-month follow-up treatment group only
Study Arms (2)
Treatment booklet and telephone coaching
EXPERIMENTALUsual Care
OTHERInterventions
The Parenting Matters treatment program consisted of a self-help treatment booklet and two telephone coaching calls from a paraprofessional telephone coach at Weeks 2 and 5 of the program. Two booklets were used in the three trials; one addressed sleep issues and the second discipline problems.
Parents in the usual care condition were told to continue with care from their family physician and/or any other treatment recommended by the physician.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Parent (primary caregiver) of a 2-5 year old child
- Attending a medical appointment at a family medical practice
- Phone in home
- Parent concerned about child's sleep and/or discipline
- Parent interested in participating in a treatment study
You may not qualify if:
- Parent non-English speaking
- Child with significant physical or developmental disability
- Parent's only sleep concern is in regards to a physiological sleep disorder (e.g. sleep apnea, snoring) or bedwetting
- No phone
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario, N6C 5A2, Canada
Related Publications (1)
Reid GJ, Stewart M, Vingilis E, Dozois DJ, Wetmore S, Jordan J, Dickie G, Osmun WE, Wade TJ, Brown JB, Zaric GS. Randomized trial of distance-based treatment for young children with discipline problems seen in primary health care. Fam Pract. 2013 Feb;30(1):14-24. doi: 10.1093/fampra/cms051. Epub 2012 Sep 3.
PMID: 22948337DERIVED
Related Links
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Graham J Reid, PhD
Western University, Canada
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- phase 2
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 18, 2005
First Posted
August 22, 2005
Study Start
July 1, 2005
Primary Completion
March 1, 2009
Study Completion
March 1, 2009
Last Updated
April 13, 2018
Record last verified: 2011-08