Parent Training in Pediatric Care: A Self Directed Tablet-Based Approach

NCT02723916 | Completed Results DMC

• 1 other identifier: ORA# 15012705
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 287
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

High quality and effective parenting in the preschool years is connected with long term positive child behavior and mental health outcomes. The purpose of the study, "Parent Training in Pediatric Primary Care: A Self-directed Tablet-based Approach," is to test the outcomes and implementation of a tablet-based parent training program in Pediatric Primary Care. Testing and evaluating the implementation of digitally delivered programs is important to increase the ease, reach, sustainability, and integration of mental health prevention into primary care settings.

Conditions

Parent Training; Primary Care

Keywords

Parents; Child; Preschool; eHealth

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Parenting Behaviors

  Measured by the Parent Questionnaire (PQ) Scale scores reported: Warmth (scale range 1-5) - higher score indicates improvement Parent Follow Through (scale range 1-5) - higher score indicates improvement Corporal punishment (scale range 1-5) - lower score indicates improvement

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Change in Parent Behaviors

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

• Change in Child Behavior Problems

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

• Change in Child Externalizing Behavior Problems

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

• Change in Parenting Stress

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

• Change in Parenting Self-efficacy

  T1 = baseline; T2 = 3-months post baseline; T3 = 6-months post baseline; T4 = 12-months post baseline.

Study Arms (2)

Intervention: ezParent Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: ezParent Program

Control: Health-e Kids App

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Behavioral: Health-e Kids Control App

Interventions

ezParent Program BEHAVIORAL

Tablet-based behavioral parent training program.

Also known as: previously called eCPP

Intervention: ezParent Program

Health-e Kids Control App BEHAVIORAL

Tablet based health promotion information App

Control: Health-e Kids App

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver for the target child,
• target child is 2-5 years old,
• child receives care at the primary practice implementation site,
• parent can speak and read English.

You may not qualify if:

• Only one parent per family
• Parent previously used the ezPARENT program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Rush University Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 60612, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Breitenstein SM, Schoeny M, Risser H, Johnson T. A study protocol testing the implementation, efficacy, and cost effectiveness of the ezParent program in pediatric primary care. Contemp Clin Trials. 2016 Sep;50:229-37. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.08.017. Epub 2016 Aug 31.

  PMID: 27592122 BACKGROUND

• Breitenstein SM, Laurent S, Pabalan L, Risser HJ, Roper P, Saba MT, Schoeny M. Implementation findings from an effectiveness-implementation trial of tablet-based parent training in pediatric primary care. Fam Syst Health. 2019 Dec;37(4):282-290. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000447. Epub 2019 Oct 17.

  PMID: 31621349 RESULT

• Fehrenbacher C, Schoeny ME, Reed M, Shattell M, Breitenstein SM. Referral to Digital Parent Training in Primary Care: Facilitators and Barriers. Clin Pract Pediatr Psychol. 2020 Sep;8(3):268-277. doi: 10.1037/cpp0000367.

  PMID: 35821979 RESULT

• Breitenstein SM, Fehrenbacher C, Holod AF, Schoeny ME. A Randomized Trial of Digitally Delivered, Self-Administered Parent Training in Primary Care: Effects on Parenting and Child Behavior. J Pediatr. 2021 Apr;231:207-214.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.12.016. Epub 2020 Dec 16.

  PMID: 33338496 DERIVED

Limitations and Caveats

No specific limitations related to the conduct of the study to report.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Susie Breitenstein
• Organization: The Ohio State University, College of Nursing

breitenstein.5@osu.edu

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Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 21, 2016
• First Posted: March 31, 2016
• Study Start: September 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2019
• Study Completion: June 30, 2019
• Last Updated: December 31, 2020
• Results First Posted: December 31, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)