NCT05145920

Encouraging Positive Parenting Habits Through Digital Media

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: D'Or Institute for Research and Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 8 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the feasibility and preliminary impacts of a new parenting program consisting of a series of educational videos, delivered via a popular texting platform. For this pilot project, the program content is focused on teaching parents strategies to better manage one of the commonly reported challenges that children face, a transition to a non-preferred activity. Parents with young children demonstrating behavior consistent with ADHD and experiencing difficulties with daily transition routines are invited to participate in the study.

Detailed description

This pilot study employs a pre-post, open trial design with the primary aim to investigate the feasibility of delivering parenting educational materials in a highly accessible format, i.e., a widely used texting platform. The training videos demonstrate the applications of antecedent- and reinforcement-based behavior management techniques in a specific situation and encourage parents to build positive parenting habits. The program usability and satisfaction will be assessed through ratings and answers to open-ended questions by participating parents. The study targets parents of children demonstrating symptoms of ADHD. These families frequently experience difficulties managing everyday routines at home, yet the access to psychosocial treatment is limited. The investigators expect parents to engage well in the program delivered via digital media. Based on the existing literature on the effectiveness of behavior parent training delivered in traditional in-person format, a moderate effect size is expected in the pre-post measures of parenting practices and the child target behavior for this study.

Conditions

• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	HabitE (effective parenting habit) program (in Brazilian Portuguese)	Parents who enroll in the program will receive a series of 5 videos (\~ 7 minutes each), 1 video at a time, generally every 3 days. Parents will also receive daily written texts, which include implementation tips and an assessment of a target (transition) behavior.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-01
• Primary completion: 2022-10-24
• Completion: 2022-10-24
• First posted: 2021-12-06
• Last updated: 2023-04-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil