Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Adolescents

Family Functioning Clinical Trial

Official title:

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Adolescents

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01726361
• Other study ID #: SFI 2506
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: Phase 4
• First received: November 9, 2012
• Last updated: November 6, 2013
• Start date: November 2012
• Est. completion date: June 2016

Study information

• Verified date: November 2013
• Source: The Danish National Centre For Social Research
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark:SFI the Danish National Centre for Social Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care compared to treatment as usual (TAU) for adolescents in Denmark in need of out-of-home placement.

Description:

It is difficult to treat adolescents with serious behaviour problems. Although the number of adolescents displaying serious behaviour problems is limited, they are a serious concern to the society e.g. because of their frequent violent behaviour, criminal activities and lack of school adherence.

Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)is a community-based treatment program developed in USA. The goal of the MTFC program is to decrease problem behaviour and to increase developmentally appropriate normative and prosocial behavior in adolescents who are in need of out-of-home placement.

This study will evaluate the effect of MTFC on adolescents in out-of-home placement.

Participants will be recruited by caseworkers in the municipalities and randomly assigned to either MTFC or TAU. TAU will consist of other kinds of out-of-home placements. Outcomes will be assessed for all participants at baseline, post-treatment (12 months), and 12 months post-treatment. Parents and youth will be asked to fill out questionnaires on e.g. behaviour, parental stress, sense of cohesion, general health.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: June 2016
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 17 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 12-17 years old

• In need of out of home placement

• serious behaviour problems

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe psychiatric illness in youth or parent

• risk of suicide in youth

• acute psychosis in youth

• sexual offence by youth

• severe substance abuse in youth or parent

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adolescent Behaviour
• Family Functioning

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care
Out of home placement in MTFC family for 10-12 months
• Treatment as usual
Other kinds of out of home placement

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	SFI the Danish National Centre for Social Research	Copenhagen

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The Danish National Centre For Social Research	Ministry of Social Affairs, Denmark, National Board of Social Services, Denmark

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Other outcomes	crime (register and self-report) school truancy (register and self-report) general health including substance abuse (self-report)	12 months post baseline	No
Primary	Strengths and difficulties questionnaire, Child Behavior Checklist	Measuring child/youth behaviour	12 months post baseline	No
Secondary	Parental Stress Scale	Measuring parental stress	12 months post baseline	No
Secondary	Sense of Cohesion 13	Measuring stress in human functioning	12 months post baseline	No
Secondary	Ladder of life	Measuring overall quality of life	12 months post baseline	No
Secondary	Major Depression Index 10	Measuring parent's depression symptoms	12 months post baseline	No