The goal of the study is to develop and refine a personalized behavioral parent training intervention for caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The behavioral intervention will teach positive parenting through videos and quizzes that caregivers can access through a smartphone application. The program also gives parents and caregivers in-the-moment feedback their use of parenting strategies. The current study, a micro-randomized trial, aims to see whether the in-the-moment feedback given to parents (a push notification on their smartphone) changes parenting behavior right after the feedback. Micro-randomized means that parents are randomly assigned repeatedly, in this study multiple times per day, to receive or not receive parenting feedback or suggestions on their smartphones. The main questions to answer are: Is parenting feedback provided by a smartphone application acceptable to caregivers? When parents receive the feedback, do they use more positive parenting skills in the next few minutes compared to when they do not receive the feedback? Is the phone application usable and acceptable to parents and caregivers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
34
The mobile phone application includes behavioral parent training content (for example, praise, effective commands, reward systems) delivered in videos, examples, and quizzes that parents/caregivers access.
In-the-moment feedback will include parenting feedback.
In-the-moment feedback will include suggestions for parenting strategies.
Center for Children and Families of Western New York
Buffalo, New York, United States
Passive Audio Data-Positive Sentiment Analysis
Parent and child interaction behavior- proportion of recorded interaction that is labeled positive via sentiment analysis algorithm. This will be assessed during scheduled, daily audio recordings. Specifically, we will assess sentiment after the randomization of prompt delivery and prior to the next randomization.
Time frame: Through study completion, average of 5 weeks
Passive Audio Data-Negative Sentiment Analysis
Parent and child interaction behavior- proportion of recorded interaction that is labeled negative via sentiment analysis algorithm. This will be assessed during scheduled, daily audio recordings. Specifically, we will assess sentiment after the randomization of prompt delivery and prior to the next randomization.
Time frame: Throughout study completion, average of 5 weeks
Intervention Engagement
Number of mobile BPT sessions completed divided by the total number of sessions available.
Time frame: Through study completion, average of 5 weeks
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