A Randomized Trial of Digitally Delivered, Self-Administered Parent Training in Primary Care: Effects on Parenting and Child Behavior.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effects of a self-administered, digital behavioral parent training program on parent and child behavior for parents of young children.

Study design

A randomized controlled trial compared ezParent (digital delivery of the evidence-based Chicago Parent Program) with an enhanced usual-care control. Introduction to the study occurred during well-child visits at 4 primary care clinics. In total, 287 parents of children age 2-5 years were randomized to ezParent or the control. Parents responded to surveys evaluating parent behavior, self-efficacy, and stress, and child behavior at baseline, and 3-, 6-, and 12-months postbaseline. Multilevel growth models examined parent and child outcomes for intervention efficacy in intent-to-treat analyses. Secondary mo

SUBMITTER: Breitenstein SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272894 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature