PowerCoaching: A multiple domain CBT coaching program for adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
• Main ID: ISRCTN13078441
• Date of registration: 18/04/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam (Maasstadziekenhuis Rotterdam)
• Public title: PowerCoaching: A multiple domain CBT coaching program for adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
• Scientific title: An RCT pilot of treatment as usual compared to PowerCoaching: An multiple domain CBT coaching program for adolescents between 12 and 18 years old with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Date of first enrolment: 12/02/2015
• Target sample size: 30
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN13078441
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: 18-week immediate versus delayed intervention randomised controlled trial (Treatment)

Countries of recruitment

Netherlands

Contacts

• Name: Athanasios Maras

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 12 to 18 years
2. An official Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV ADHD diagnosis (all subtypes). The diagnosis must have been previously set by a child and adoelscent psychiatrist, Healthcare psychologist, clinical psychologist or paediatrician specialized in social paediatrics. Adolescents with common diagnosed comorbid disorders (i.e., dyslexia, oppositional defiant disorder) can participate in the study as long as ADHD is the main disorder.
3. Stable ADHD treatment, both pharmacological and psychological
4. Minimum total intelligence quotiënt (TIQ) score must be greater than or equal to 85
5. Fluent in Dutch
6. Provision of written informed consent
Exclusion criteria: 1. Addiction to drugs or alcohol
2. Severe psychotic disorder
3. Another acute Axis-I disorder

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Attention deficit hyperacitivty disorder (ADHD) and problems in daily functioning
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Attention deficit hyperacitivty disorder (ADHD)

Intervention(s)

Adolescents are randomized to one of two groups:

Immediate treatment group: Participants receive the PowerCoaching for a total of 18 weeks. Sessions are given once a week at the participant's home, lasting for 45 to 60 minutes, and involve the discussion of different themes (i.e. psycho-education, planning and organisation, school and study, self-image, emotion regulation, relations, risk and control and lifestyle). During the sessions, participants will learn new strategies to cope with ADHD related problems.

Delayed treatment group: For the 18 week duration of the study, participants continue as usual. Following collection of the final outcomes, the treatment is made available from week 19 to week 37.

Participants in both groups complete outcome measurements at baseline and 18 weeks.

Primary Outcome(s)

Quality of life is measured using “Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale (WFRIS) excluding the subscale ‘work’ at baseline and 18 weeks.

Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Self-efficiency measured using a self-constructed questionnaire at baseline and 18 weeks
2. selfregulating behavior measured using the Behavior Rating Iventory Executive Functions's subscales emotion regulation, planning and organizing, and organization of materials at baseline and 18 weeks
3. Psychosocial problems measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire at baseline and 18 weeks

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Yulius