Infant Psychiatry Home Visitation Program

NCT01483521 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H08-02992
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This is a proposed home visitation program for families of children with externalizing behaviors who are on the wait list for psychiatric assessment at BC Children's hospital. The aim of this program is to implement and evaluate a home visitation strategy in order to support those waiting up to four months to consult a psychiatrist.

Conditions

Aggression; Hyperactivity; Impulsive Behaviors

Keywords

Randomized; Home visitation; Externalizing disorder; Parenting stress; Childhood externalizing disorders; Positional defiant

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Reduction of externalizing disorders and child's aggression

  The specific units of measure to be assessed pre and post intervention are the mean scores of the CBCL (overall score, attention problems subscale, externalizing subscale, aggression subscale) and the PSI (overall score, parent distress sub scale, parent-child dysfunctional interaction, difficult child subscale).

  Participants will be followed for the duration of their time on the Clinic's wait list, an expected average of 10 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Measurement of parental stress

  Participants will be followed for the duration of their time on the Clinic's wait list, an expected average of 10 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Waitlist families

EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental arm consisted of randomized waitlist families who received home visitation where mothers were taught to play with their children in a developmentally appropriate manner and also engaged in a co-construction task. Control arm families did not get any active intervention. Parents from both arm types completed pre and post questionnaires to measure child's externalizing behaviors and parenting stress. Parents from experimental group were encouraged to keep a diary of their play record.

Other: Clinical home visitation

Interventions

Clinical home visitation OTHER

Clinical Home visitation consisted of once a month visits to families on the experimental group. During those visits home visitors facilitated developmentally appropriate play guidance and co-construction tasks for the dyad.

Also known as: Home visiting, Externalizing disorders, Parenting stress

Waitlist families

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children with externalizing disorders referred to Infant Psychiatry Clinic of Children's hospital and on the wait list

You may not qualify if:

• Children over 6 years old
• Children with internalizing disorder
• Families that reside outside of the Vancouver due to practicality of home visitation,
• Families requiring an interpreter

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• British Columbia Childrens Hospital Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

British Columbia Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3N1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Aggression; Spasm; Impulsive Behavior

Interventions

House Calls; Psychological Tests

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Social Behavior; Neuromuscular Manifestations; Neurologic Manifestations; Nervous System Diseases; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Professional Practice; Organization and Administration; Health Services Administration; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Officials

• Pratibha Reebye

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 24, 2011
• First Posted: December 1, 2011
• Study Start: April 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2010
• Study Completion: February 1, 2011
• Last Updated: December 1, 2011

Record last verified: 2011-11

Locations

CA (1)