Trial reportBMC psychiatry2025
Parent training tailored for parents with ADHD: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in BMC psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06040996 (A Randomized Controlled Trial of Improving Parenting Skills Adult ADHD), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Improving Parenting Skills Adult ADHD (IPSA): A New Parent Training Program for Parents Who Themselves Have ADHD
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6 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundParents who themselves have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) tend to benefit less from conventional parent training (PT) interventions than parents without ADHD, reporting suboptimal effects on both parenting-related outcomes and child externalizing or oppositional behaviors. Therefore, we examined the efficacy of a PT protocol tailored to adults with ADHD called Improving Parenting Skills Adult ADHD (IPSA), using a randomized controlled trial design.
methodsN = 109 self-referred parents with ADHD who had a child with or without ADHD aged 3 to 11 years were randomized to receive IPSA in addition to their routine services (n = 55) or to a comparison group continuing their routine services only (n = 54). Parent-reports of parental self-efficacy (primary outcome), parental stress, home chaos, and externalizing child behaviors (secondary outcomes) were collected pre and post IPSA, as well as at follow-up one and a half to three months later. The primary analyses were conducted according to the intention-to-treat principle, using linear mixed-effects models.
resultsThere was a larger pre-to-post increase in parental self-efficacy following IPSA compared to routine services only (Cohen's d = 0.85, p < .001), which remained at follow-up (d = 0.84, p < .001). In addition, we observed a pattern of pre-to-post change in the expected direction across the study's secondary outcomes (post intervention d = -0.39 to -0.71), including reductions in parental ratings of child externalizing behaviors. Forty-seven (96%) of the 49 parents who started IPSA completed the program, without signs of unintended harm.
conclusionsThe IPSA PT program effectively and safely supported parents with ADHD in improving their parental self-efficacy. However, the long-term stability of the program's effect requires further investigation, as does its effectiveness in a regular health care or social services context.
trial registrationThe study was retrospectively registered during data collection, before analyses (clinicaltrials.gov, ID NCT06040996, 28/08/2023).
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