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NCT Number: NCT03547843

The Effects of Peer Co-led Educational Group Intervention for Adults With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Peer co-led education describes educators who are expert patients, user representatives or former patients, participating and teaching in educational interventions in cooperation with health care professionals. Peer co-led education is included in the Norwegian national guidelines for treatment of mental disorders, but despite some promising results for the treatment of other conditions, still little is known about the efficacy of peer co-led educational group interventions interventions for adults with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

This pilot trial will evaluate patient satisfaction with and preliminary efficacy of a 2-session peer co-led educational group program designed to address specific challenges faced by adults diagnosed with ADHD at an outpatient clinics in mid-Norway.

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Key information

Conditions

Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Behavior Health Behavior Mental Disorders Neurodevelopmental Disorders Patient Satisfaction Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Age range

18 year–67 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Tiller DPS

Trondheim, 7055, Norway

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Confirmed ADHD-diagnosis
  • speaking a Scandinavian language

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to give informed consent
  • Psychosis
  • Severe learning difficulties

Treatment and study plan

Group-based education

Behavioral

The group-based educational program consists of two sessions that run over two consecutive weeks. Each session consists of a lecture from a recruited expert on the topic of the session and by expert patients with a following discussion of the topic facilitated by the course leader.

Other names: Patient education

Waiting list

Behavioral

No educational intervention for the duration of the 10 weeks. During this period participants can receive standard treatment.

standard treatment

Other

Diagnostic treatment with medication. In addition, some patients receive cognitive behavioral therapy (not systematically given to every patient). If needed, patients are also offered assistance with regard to economy, housing, education, and work as well as contact with family and network.

Other names: Treatment as usual

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in client Satisfaction

    Time frame: from baseline to 2-weeks follow-up

    Client satisfaction will be measured with Client Satisfaction Questionnaire, short form (Attkisson & Zwick, 1982). The scale consists of 8 items scored on a Likert scale from 1 (low satisfaction) to 4 (high satisfaction). Total scores range from 8 to 32, with higher scores indicating greater satisfaction.

  2. change in patient activation

    Time frame: from baseline to 10-weeks follow-up

    Patient activation will be measured with the Norwegian version of the Patient Activation Measure Mental Health (PAM-MH) (Green et al 2010))

Secondary outcomes

  1. change in general self-efficacy

    Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

    General Self-Efficacy Scale, 6-item scale ranging from 1 ('not at all true') to 4 ('exactly true'). Total scores range from 6 to 24, with higher scores indicating greater self-efficacy. (Romppel et al 2013)

  2. change in ADHD-related symptoms

    Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

    Hopkin's Symptom Checklist (SCL), 9-items scale with high scores on SCL-9 indicating ADHD-related symptom burden (Eich et al 2011)

  3. change in ADHD-related symptoms

    Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

    Norwegian version of the WHO Adult ADHD Self-report scale, ASRS Short Form (Kessler et al 2005)

  4. change in Quality of Life

    Time frame: from baseline to 10 weeks follow-up

    Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Quality of Life Scale, AAQoL short Form (Brod et al 2006)

Other outcomes

  1. Use of health services and work participation

    Time frame: through study completion, an average of 24 weeks

    Self-reported work participation and received services: 3 questions about both work status and received treatment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Other

Collaborators

  • St. Olavs Hospital

Registry information

Official study title

The Effects of Peer Co-led Educational Group Intervention for Adults With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity/Impulsivity Disorder

Acronym: ADHD

Important dates

Study start
2018
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jun 6, 2018
Registry last updated
Jan 27, 2022

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