Feasibility of Digital Augmentation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The potential utility of real-time digital therapeutics that identify impending behavioral outbursts to proactively apply evidence-based interventions for managing children with disruptive behavior disorder has not been tested.

Objectives

To evaluate feasibility and adherence of a digitally augmented, real-time, proactive behavioral intervention (smartwatch) for children with disruptive behaviors.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial was conducted between March 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023, at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The study enrolled children aged 3 to 7 years with externalizing behavior problems rated above the clinically significant range (I score ≥120; T score ≥60) on the Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory (ECBI)

SUBMITTER: Romanowicz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706678 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature