This preliminary study aims to examine the outcomes from a therapist guided, parent-led, CBT treatment for preadolescent children (aged 5 to 12 years old) with OCD. Specifically, this study aims to: 1. Examine outcomes for children who receive the therapist guided, parent-led, CBT treatment for preadolescent children with OCD. 2. Examine parents' experiences and views about the acceptability of the treatment approach.
This study adapted an existing therapist guided, parent-led CBT intervention for children with anxiety difficulties, to ensure suitability for preadolescent children with OCD. This preliminary study aims to examine the outcomes from a therapist guided, parent-led, CBT treatment for preadolescent children (aged 5 to 12 years old) with OCD. Specifically, this study aims to: 1. Examine outcomes for children who receive the therapist guided, parent-led, CBT treatment for preadolescent children with OCD. 2. Examine parents' experiences and views about the acceptability of the treatment approach.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
This treatment was adapted from an existing evidence based therapist guided parent-led CBT intervention for preadolescent children with anxiety difficulties. It consists of 6 to 8 treatment individual treatment sessions where parents learn CBT techniques to apply at home with their child
University of Reading
Reading, UK, United Kingdom
Children's Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS)
Diagnostic interview. Higher scores indicate higher severity of OCD
Time frame: Change from pre-baseline phase, within one-week post-treatment, one-month follow-up
Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule - Parent Report (ADIS-P)
Diagnostic interview. Indicates presence/absence of anxiety, OCD, and externalising difficulties. Higher severity scores indicate greater severity of difficulties.
Time frame: Change from pre-baseline phase, within one-week post-treatment, one-month follow-up
Children's Obsessional Compulsive Inventory - Revised - Parent Report (ChOCI-R-P)
Symptom measure. Higher scores indicate greater OCD symptoms and impairment.
Time frame: Weekly during baseline and intervention phase; one month follow up
Family Accommodation Scale - FAS
Symptom measure. Higher scores indicate greater levels of family accommodation of OCD.
Time frame: Weekly during baseline and intervention phase; one month follow up
Goal Based Outcomes - GBOs
Families identify up to 3 personalised goals to work towards during the intervention. Goals are rated weekly by the parent form 0 (no goal progress) to 10 (goal achieved)
Time frame: Weekly during intervention phase; one month follow up
Session Rating Scale- SRS
Therapeutic alliance/treatment acceptability. Higher scores indicate greater acceptability.
Time frame: Weekly during intervention phase; one month follow-up
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Treatment acceptability questions
Treatment acceptability. 6 questionnaire items on a Likert scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. 4 open ended questions regarding treatment acceptability.
Time frame: one month follow-up
Items assessing parent knowledge of OCD, how to help their child, and confidence to help child
3 questionnaire items devised by study authors to assess parents' report of their knowledge and confidence to help their child to overcome OCD. Items scored from 0 (no new learning) to 5 (learned a lot)
Time frame: Weekly during baseline and intervention phase; one month follow up
Items assessing how much children have learned new information about their fears/ability to cope in feared situations
2 questionnaire items devised by study authors to assess parents' perceptions of whether their child had learned new information about their fears and their ability to cope in feared situations, without performing their compulsions. Items scored from 0 (no new learning) to 5 (learned a lot)
Time frame: Weekly during intervention phase; one month follow up