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NCT Number: NCT01483521

Infant Psychiatry Home Visitation Program

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Aggression Aberrant Motor Behavior in Dementia Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Hyperactivity Impulsive Behavior Impulsive Behaviors Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Neuromuscular Manifestations Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Social Behavior Spasm

Age range

Up to 6 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

British Columbia Children's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3N1, Canada

About this study

The Home visitation program was developed in response to long wait lists for the Infant Psychiatry Program. This home visitation program intervention consists of the following components: Developmental guidance, empowerment of parents while respecting the parent-child attachment, and child centered interactional guidance. The home visitors ( a PhD student and a Masters level student) visit consenting families and gave the parents an opportunity to voice their concerns regarding their child's behaviors. They were instructed to co-construct a play that had to be child led. Home visitors facilitated this task. Parents completed the Child Behavior Checklist and Parenting Stress Index prior to and after the intervention. These home visitations occurred approximately once a month whilst the families were on the wait list for clinical assessment and treatment. Those families that were randomized in control group did not receive any intervention.

Extended description of the protocol, including information not already contained in other fields.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria

  • 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

Treatment and study plan

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.

Other names: Home visiting, Externalizing disorders, Parenting stress

Primary outcomes

  1. Reduction of externalizing disorders and child's aggression

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

    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).

Secondary outcomes

  1. Measurement of parental stress

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

    Measurement of parental stress after the intervention was offered

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of British Columbia

Other

Collaborators

  • British Columbia Childrens Hospital Foundation

Registry information

Official study title

Externalizing Behavior in Early Childhood: A Randomized Control Evaluation of a Home Visitation Program

Important dates

Study start
2009
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2011
First posted
Dec 1, 2011
Registry last updated
Dec 1, 2011

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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