BACKGROUND: This study examined the long-term efficacy of the Incredible Years (IY) BASIC Parenting Programme delivered as a preventive intervention with parents of pre-school children who display signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct problems. Families were followed up after the completion of a controlled trial with 11 Sure Start areas in North and Mid-Wales and North West England. METHODS:Participants in the study were 50 pre-school children whose parents had received the intervention. Child ADHD symptoms were assessed at baseline, at follow-up one (6 months after baseline); at follow-up two (12 months after baseline); and at follow-up three (18 months after baseline). Families in the original waiting-list control group were not assessed after follow-up one as they had subsequently received the same intervention. RESULTS: The significant post-intervention improvements in child ADHD symptoms evident at follow-up one were maintained over time, as demonstrated by statistical and clinical stability of measures. No significant differences were found for ADHD symptoms across each follow-up, indicating that the gains made post intervention were maintained for at least 12 months, with 57% of the sample maintaining scores below the clinical cut-off on the Conners. Eighty-six, 58, and 30 per cent respectively had maintained at least a modest, large, or very large improvement in ADHD symptoms at follow-up three. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that the IY psychosocial treatment programme is a valuable intervention in the longer term for many pre-school children displaying early signs of ADHD.
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BACKGROUND: This study examined the long-term efficacy of the Incredible Years (IY) BASIC Parenting Programme delivered as a preventive intervention with parents of pre-school children who display signs of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and conduct problems. Families were followed up after the completion of a controlled trial with 11 Sure Start areas in North and Mid-Wales and North West England. METHODS:Participants in the study were 50 pre-school children whose parents had received the intervention. ChildADHD symptoms were assessed at baseline, at follow-up one (6 months after baseline); at follow-up two (12 months after baseline); and at follow-up three (18 months after baseline). Families in the original waiting-list control group were not assessed after follow-up one as they had subsequently received the same intervention. RESULTS: The significant post-intervention improvements in childADHD symptoms evident at follow-up one were maintained over time, as demonstrated by statistical and clinical stability of measures. No significant differences were found for ADHD symptoms across each follow-up, indicating that the gains made post intervention were maintained for at least 12 months, with 57% of the sample maintaining scores below the clinical cut-off on the Conners. Eighty-six, 58, and 30 per cent respectively had maintained at least a modest, large, or very large improvement in ADHD symptoms at follow-up three. CONCLUSIONS: Findings from this study suggest that the IY psychosocial treatment programme is a valuable intervention in the longer term for many pre-school children displaying early signs of ADHD.
Authors: Tiffany G Munzer; Alison L Miller; Holly E Brophy-Herb; Karen E Peterson; Mildred A Horodynski; Dawn Contreras; Julie Sturza; Niko Kaciroti; Julie C Lumeng Journal: Acad Pediatr Date: 2018-01-19 Impact factor: 3.107
Authors: Julia M Geissler; Timo D Vloet; Nora Strom; Charlotte Jaite; Erika Graf; Viola Kappel; Andreas Warnke; Christian Jacob; Klaus Hennighausen; Barbara Haack-Dees; Katja Schneider-Momm; Swantje Matthies; Michael Rösler; Wolfgang Retz; Susann Hänig; Alexander von Gontard; Esther Sobanski; Barbara Alm; Sarah Hohmann; Luise Poustka; Michael Colla; Laura Gentschow; Christine M Freitag; Alexander Häge; Martin Holtmann; Katja Becker; Alexandra Philipsen; Thomas Jans Journal: Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry Date: 2019-12-05 Impact factor: 4.785