BACKGROUND: The efficacy of the Incredible Years (IY) Basic parent training (PT) programme for a community-based sample of families with pre-school children at risk of developing both conduct problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was examined. METHODS: Pre-school children displaying signs of both early-onset conduct problems and ADHD were randomly allocated to either IY PT intervention, or to a waiting list (WL) control group. Child symptoms were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Post intervention, the intervention group was associated with significantly lower levels of parent-reported inattention and hyperactive/impulsive difficulties, even after controlling for post-intervention changes in child deviance. In addition, 52% of those in the intervention condition, compared with 21% in the control condition, displayed clinically reliable improvements post intervention, giving an absolute risk reduction of 31% and a number needed to treat of 3.23. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study indicate that the IY PT programme is a valuable intervention for many pre-school children displaying early signs of ADHD.
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BACKGROUND: The efficacy of the Incredible Years (IY) Basic parent training (PT) programme for a community-based sample of families with pre-school children at risk of developing both conduct problems and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was examined. METHODS: Pre-school children displaying signs of both early-onset conduct problems and ADHD were randomly allocated to either IY PT intervention, or to a waiting list (WL) control group. Child symptoms were assessed before and after the intervention. RESULTS: Post intervention, the intervention group was associated with significantly lower levels of parent-reported inattention and hyperactive/impulsive difficulties, even after controlling for post-intervention changes in child deviance. In addition, 52% of those in the intervention condition, compared with 21% in the control condition, displayed clinically reliable improvements post intervention, giving an absolute risk reduction of 31% and a number needed to treat of 3.23. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study indicate that the IY PT programme is a valuable intervention for many pre-school children displaying early signs of ADHD.
Authors: Margaret J J Thompson; Cathy Laver-Bradbury; Michelle Ayres; Emma Le Poidevin; Sarah Mead; Catherine Dodds; Lamprini Psychogiou; Paraskevi Bitsakou; David Daley; Anne Weeks; Laurie Miller Brotman; Howard Abikoff; Penny Thompson; Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2009-04-30 Impact factor: 4.785