Status:
COMPLETED
Strongest Families Ontario (Formerly the Family Help Program)
Lead Sponsor:
IWK Health Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Behaviour Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-12 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Strongest Families (formerly Family Help)is an evidence-based, distance health education model for families who have children with behavioural difficulties. The principal research question is "Does St...
Detailed Description
Our project is designed to help families and children with mild or moderate symptoms early, before problems become worse and more difficult to treat. The Strongest Families Program is a distance pare...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female individuals who meet all the following criteria are eligible for this trial:
- Child is aged 6 to 12 years and
- Completed and signed referral form from a participating intake site is received and
- Parent/legal guardian provides verbal, telephone consent to participate and
- Ability of participant to read and understand English (at a Grade 5 level) and
- There must be the reasonable intention that for the study duration the child will remain in the direct care of the participant and at the same address as the participant (2 years) and o Child presents with significant levels of disruptive behaviour based on the BCFPI results at the referring agent end and clinical evaluation of the corroborative study assessment measures.
Exclusion
- Participants meeting one or more of the following criteria cannot be selected:
- Child is in the care of a child protective agency or currently being investigated by a child protective agency
- Child has received any form of behavioural treatment in the past 6 months
- Child is at an imminent risk of harm to themselves or others
- In the judgment of the investigator or delegate, any condition that may interfere with effective delivery of the study protocol/intervention program (i.e., High parental DASS-21 score, complex child symptomology, families who are unmotivated or are in complete chaos)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
172 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01473511
Start Date
February 1 2010
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
September 2 2016
Active Locations (1)
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IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3G9