Parenting Videos In Primary Care

Discipline Practices Clinical Trial

Official title:

Enhancing Anticipatory Guidance About Discipline for Low-Income Families: A Video Intervention Project

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00558987
• Other study ID #: TW-101251
• Secondary ID: NA_00012021
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 15, 2007
• Last updated: January 28, 2009
• Start date: February 2008
• Est. completion date: January 2009

Study information

• Verified date: January 2009
• Source: Johns Hopkins University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a video-based parent education intervention delivered in the primary care setting on parents and other caregivers discipline attitudes and practices.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 122
• Est. completion date: January 2009
• Est. primary completion date: January 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 13 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult caregivers of children ages 12 to 36 months with a scheduled well-child visit.

• Caregivers must be older than 18 years of age, must be considered a consistent caregiver for the child, must be the primary caregiver at least 2 days per week, and must live with the child.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Caregivers previously enrolled in the study.

• Caregivers who do not speak or read English,

• Caregivers not able to give contact information for follow-up,

• Caregivers of a child who has a severe behavioral problem or developmental delay as reported by the parent during the initial recruitment phone call.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Discipline Attitudes
• Discipline Practices

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Discipline Video
The discipline video will be shown to the caregiver before the visit while they are waiting to see the doctor. The video gives specific guidance on avoiding physical discipline, setting consistent, safe and age appropriate limits. A copy of the discipline video and the handout reinforcing the messages presented in the video will be given to the caregiver by the research staff to share with other caregivers.
• Nutrition Video
A brief educational video on nutrition information, a topic not related to discipline.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Harriet Lane Primary Care Clinic	Baltimore	Maryland

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Johns Hopkins University	The Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Frequency of spanking		baseline and 6 week follow-up	No
Secondary	Attitudes about Discipline		baseline and 6 week follow-up	No
Secondary	Type of discipline practices used		baseline and 6 week follow-up	No
Secondary	Discussion with pediatric provider		immediately post visit	No