An Intervention Study: Shaping a Healthier Child

Parent-Child Relationship Clinical Trial

Official title:

A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Brief Intervention by Parents to Prevent Their Children From Experimenting With Health Risk Behavior: a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02366000
• Other study ID #: AP-J86
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 6, 2015
• Last updated: February 11, 2015
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: February 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2015
• Source: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Hong Kong
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to identify parent-children communication in relation to health risk behaviors (smoking, drinking and illegal drug taking) in adolescents, and to enhance better parental skills in preventing these behaviors in children.

Description:

Previous research found that parent-children communication is the best predictor of health risk behaviors among adolescents. However, longitudinal studies of parent-adolescent communication on the subject of health risk behavior such as alcohol, tobacco and other drug use (ATOD) remain relatively scarce, and none of this kind of work has been done among Chinese sample. Such information is urgently needed given the increasing trend of drug use among adolescents in Hong Kong, and the severe burden of morbidity and mortality related to ATOD.

The study aims to examine parent-children communication in relation to health risk behaviors and to explore the potential efficacy of a brief intervention which is designed to assist parents of primary school children to communicate with their children about issues in the prevention of health risk behaviors. The efficacy of the intervention will be compared with a waiting-list control group using a randomized controlled trial. There will then be two telephone follow-ups to reinforce learnt strategies and skills for home practice in between the two workshops. There will also be assessments post-intervention and at 1 year follow-up. Evaluation focus groups will also be conducted after the intervention program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 88
• Est. completion date: February 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent of a child in primary five or six

• Cantonese-speaking

• Consent to their participation in the program and the inclusion of their children in the assessments

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parent-Child Relationship

Intervention

Other:
• Brief Parental Training Intervention
The workshop was designed to assist parents to communicate with their children about issues in the prevention of health risk behaviours- alcohol, tobacco and other drug use (ATOD), by equipping them with the appropriate interaction skills and encouraging them to build relationships with their children.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui Tung Chung Integrated Services

References & Publications (9)

Abdullah AS, Mak YW, Loke AY, Lam TH. Smoking cessation intervention in parents of young children: a randomised controlled trial. Addiction. 2005 Nov;100(11):1731-40. — View Citation

Caprara GV, Pastorelli C, Regalia C, Scabini & Bandura A. (2005). Impact of adolescents' Filial self-efficacy on quality of family functioning and satisfaction. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 15(1). 71-97.

Ewing JA. Detecting alcoholism. The CAGE questionnaire. JAMA. 1984 Oct 12;252(14):1905-7. — View Citation

Kolbe LJ, Kann L, Collins JL. Overview of the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System. Public Health Rep. 1993;108 Suppl 1:2-10. — View Citation

Lee A, Tsang CK. Youth risk behaviour in a Chinese population: a territory-wide youth risk behavioural surveillance in Hong Kong. Public Health. 2004 Mar;118(2):88-95. — View Citation

Mak YW, Loke AY, Lam TH, Abdullah AS. Validity of self-reports and reliability of spousal proxy reports on the smoking behavior of Chinese parents with young children. Addict Behav. 2005 May;30(4):841-5. — View Citation

Rohner, R. P. (1984). Handbook for the study of parental acceptance and rejection (Rev. Ed.). Storrs: Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection, University of Connecticut

Schumm, W. R., Paff-Bergen, L. A., Hatch, R. C., Obiorah, F. C., Copeland, J. M., Meens, L. D., et al. (1986). Concurrent and Discriminant Validity of the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48,381-387.

Sniehotta, F.F., Scholz, U., Lippke, S. & Zielmann, J. (2002). Scale for assessment of implementation planning and coping planning. http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~falko/scales/heartdocu.html

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Readiness of parents to communicate with their children about preventing health risk behaviour	Measured by Parent Questionnaire (PQ) - the sections on their (a) intention to take action, (b) self-efficacy in taking action, (c) plan of the action, (d) action to change (modified from Sniehotta, Scholz et al. 2002).	At 1 year	No
Secondary	Quality of parent-child communication	Measured by Parent Questionnaire (PQ)- the section on parent-adolescent communication (Caprara, Pastorelli, Regalia, Scabini & Bandura, 2005) as well as the Chidren Questionnaire (CQ)- the section on parent-adolescent communication (Caprara et al, 2005)	At 1 year	No
Secondary	Parents' attitudes towards positive parenting	Measured by Parent Questionnaire (PQ)- the section on parenting patterns (Rohner, 1986; Chen, Rubin & Li, 1997)	At 1 year	No
Secondary	Quality of parent-child relationships	Measured by Parent Questionnaire (PQ)- the section on parent-child relationships (Schumm, Paff-Bergen et al., 1986) as well as the section on Children Questionnaire (CQ)- the section on parent-child relationships Schumm et al., 1986)	At 1 year	No
Secondary	Children's health risk behaviour	Measured by Children Questionnaire (CQ)- the sections on health risk behaviour - smoking (Mak et al, 2005; Abdullah et al, 2006); alcohol use (Ewing, 1984); and illicit drug use (Kolbe, Kann & Collins, 1999; Lee & Tsang, 2004)	At 1 year	No