Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

Introduction Developmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, may limit an individual's capacity to conduct daily activities. The emotional and economic burden on families caring for an individual with a developmental disorder is substantial, and quality...

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Main Authors: Corrado Barbui, Chiara Servili, Brian Reichow, Cary Kogan, Isaac Smith, M Taghi Yasamy
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2014-08-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/8/e005799.full
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author Corrado Barbui
Chiara Servili
Brian Reichow
Cary Kogan
Isaac Smith
M Taghi Yasamy
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description Introduction Developmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, may limit an individual's capacity to conduct daily activities. The emotional and economic burden on families caring for an individual with a developmental disorder is substantial, and quality of life may be limited by a lack of services. Therefore, finding effective treatments to help this population should be a priority. Recent work has shown parent skills training interventions improve developmental, behavioural and family outcomes. The purpose of this review protocol is to extend previous findings by systematically analysing randomised controlled trials of parent skills training programmes for parents of children with developmental disorders including intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders and use meta-analytic techniques to identify programme components reliably associated with successful outcomes of parent skills training programmes.Methods and analysis We will include all studies conducted using randomised control trials designs that compare a group of parents receiving a parent skills training programme to a group of parents in a no-treatment control, waitlist control or treatment as usual comparison group. To locate studies, we will conduct an extensive electronic database search and then use snowball methods, with no limits to publication year or language. We will present a narrative synthesis including visual displays of study effects on child and parental outcomes and conduct a quantitative synthesis of the effects of parent skills training programmes using meta-analytic techniques.Ethics and dissemination No ethical issues are foreseen and ethical approval is not required given this is a protocol for a systematic review. The findings of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations. Updates of the review will be conducted, as necessary, to inform and guide practice.Trial registration number PROSPERO (CRD42014006993).
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spelling doaj-art-87beb7cdf6074e93bbe5c4c1bf65b0442025-02-11T12:25:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552014-08-014810.1136/bmjopen-2014-005799Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocolCorrado Barbui0Chiara Servili1Brian Reichow2Cary Kogan3Isaac Smith4M Taghi Yasamy5Cochrane Global Mental Health and WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, ItalyWorld Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandUniversity Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USAUniversity of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaYale Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USAWorld Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandIntroduction Developmental disorders, including intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders, may limit an individual's capacity to conduct daily activities. The emotional and economic burden on families caring for an individual with a developmental disorder is substantial, and quality of life may be limited by a lack of services. Therefore, finding effective treatments to help this population should be a priority. Recent work has shown parent skills training interventions improve developmental, behavioural and family outcomes. The purpose of this review protocol is to extend previous findings by systematically analysing randomised controlled trials of parent skills training programmes for parents of children with developmental disorders including intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorders and use meta-analytic techniques to identify programme components reliably associated with successful outcomes of parent skills training programmes.Methods and analysis We will include all studies conducted using randomised control trials designs that compare a group of parents receiving a parent skills training programme to a group of parents in a no-treatment control, waitlist control or treatment as usual comparison group. To locate studies, we will conduct an extensive electronic database search and then use snowball methods, with no limits to publication year or language. We will present a narrative synthesis including visual displays of study effects on child and parental outcomes and conduct a quantitative synthesis of the effects of parent skills training programmes using meta-analytic techniques.Ethics and dissemination No ethical issues are foreseen and ethical approval is not required given this is a protocol for a systematic review. The findings of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations. Updates of the review will be conducted, as necessary, to inform and guide practice.Trial registration number PROSPERO (CRD42014006993).https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/8/e005799.full
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Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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title Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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title_fullStr Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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title_short Parent skills training for parents of children or adults with developmental disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
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