Departments of Pediatrics & Psychiatry, 33697University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2021 Oct;26(4):1076-1088. doi: 10.1177/13591045211027559. Epub 2021 Jun 22.
Behavioral parent training (BPT) programs are the first-line interventions for childhood disruptive behaviors. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, adapting these programs to telehealth modalities is necessary to ensure continued services to children and families. This study evaluates the use of telehealth versus in-person modality to deliver the Helping Our Toddlers, Developing Our Children's Skills (HOT DOCS) BPT. The study design was quasi-experimental with two nonequivalent groups: in-person HOT DOCS ( = 152) and internet-HOT DOCS ( = 46). Participants were caregivers of children ages 2-5 exhibiting disruptive behaviors. Pre- and post-intervention outcome measures were collected for child disruptive behavior and parenting stress and post-test only for consumer satisfaction. Multiple linear and Poisson regression models were performed to assess the effect of class modality on the outcomes. Child disruptive behavior and parenting stress post-test scores for in-person and telehealth groups were not significantly different, even after adjusting for baseline characteristics. Consumer satisfaction scores were significantly more positive for the in-person group. The results of this study provide preliminary evidence for the i-HOT DOCS modality as being as effective as the in-person program. Study findings may be beneficial to practitioners utilizing telehealth interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic and onward.
行为家长培训(BPT)计划是儿童行为障碍的一线干预措施。鉴于 COVID-19 大流行,有必要将这些计划调整为远程医疗模式,以确保为儿童和家庭提供持续的服务。本研究评估了使用远程医疗与面对面模式来提供帮助幼儿发展儿童技能(HOT DOCS)BPT。该研究设计为准实验性,有两个不等同组:面对面 HOT DOCS(=152)和互联网-HOT DOCS(=46)。参与者为 2-5 岁表现出行为障碍的儿童的照顾者。在干预前后收集了儿童行为障碍和育儿压力的结果测量值,以及仅在干预后收集了消费者满意度的结果测量值。进行了多项线性和泊松回归模型,以评估课堂模式对结果的影响。即使在调整了基线特征后,面对面组和远程医疗组的儿童行为障碍和育儿压力后测分数也没有显着差异。面对面组的消费者满意度评分明显更高。这项研究的结果为 i-HOT DOCS 模式与面对面计划一样有效提供了初步证据。研究结果可能对在 COVID-19 大流行期间和之后使用远程医疗干预措施的从业者有益。