Strength at Home - Parents RCT
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Strength at Home Parents, VA treatment as usual.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Parent-Child Relations. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
Randomized Clinical Trial of Parent Training for Veterans With PTSD Symptoms (Strength at Home - Parents RCT)
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the effect of the Strength at Home Parents intervention to treatment as usual in veterans enrolled for care at VA facilities in VISN 17 on parenting stress and parenting behaviors. The participant population will have elevated PTSD symptoms and parent-child functioning difficulties with an index child between the ages of 3-12. The main question\[s\]it aims to answer are: • Does Strength at Home Parents improve parenting stress and parenting behaviors in comparison to a no-treatment control condition? • Are gains maintained over time and is there a gender difference in efficacy? Participants will complete 4 online assessments, and if randomized to the intervention group they will complete an 8 week tele-health group program. If randomized to the control group participants will receive a link to the VA parenting resources website and any referrals they would like to have. Researchers will compare Strength at Home Parents to VA treatment as usual see if the group intervention improves parenting stress and behaviors above and beyond the existing resources.
Interventions
- Behavioral Strength at Home Parents
Strength at Home parents is an 8 week trauma-informed and cognitive behavioral tele-health group intervention that aims to improve parenting behaviors and overall parent-child and family functioning among U.S. military Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms - Behavioral VA treatment as usual
VA treatment as usual includes referral to the online resources at veterantraining.va.gov/parenting .
Primary outcome measures
- Parenting Stress Index total score [Time frame: Time 2: 8-16 weeks]
- Parenting Stress Index total score [Time frame: Time 3: 16-24 weeks]
- Parenting Stress Index total score [Time frame: Time 4: 24-32 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
- Laxness subscale on the Parenting Scale [Time frame: Time 2: 8-16 weeks]
- Laxness subscale on the Parenting Scale [Time frame: Time 3: 16-24 weeks]
- Laxness subscale on the Parenting Scale [Time frame: Time 4: 24-32 weeks]
- Over reactivity subscale on the Parenting scale [Time frame: Time 2: 8-16 weeks]
- Over reactivity subscale on the Parenting scale [Time frame: Time 3: 16-24 weeks]
- Over reactivity subscale on the Parenting scale [Time frame: Time 4: 24-32 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
Eligible participants are veterans enrolled in any VA VISN 17 facility who meet the following inclusion criteria: Current parent to a child between the ages of 3 and 12 (the index child), who resides with the participant or spends at least two days per week with the participant, elevated PTSD symptoms and Parent-child functioning problems.
Exclusion criteria
Major neurocognitive disorder likely to impact comprehension of material, including severe TBI .
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Central Texas Veterans Healthcare System — Temple
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06309329 · 1770023-2