Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project
Introduction Adolescents with brain injury frequently have difficulties with social competence, which persist into adulthood affecting their participation in daily life. To date, there has been limited research into the efficacy of social competence interventions in this population. Research from th...
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| author | Rose Gilmore Leanne Sakzewski Jenny Ziviani Sarah Mcintyre Hayley Smithers Sheedy Nicola Hilton Tracey Williams Kirsten Quinn Anne Marie Sarandrea Elizabeth Laugeson Mark Chatfield |
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| description | Introduction Adolescents with brain injury frequently have difficulties with social competence, which persist into adulthood affecting their participation in daily life. To date, there has been limited research into the efficacy of social competence interventions in this population. Research from the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) has demonstrated significant improvements in social competence skills, maintained at 1-year to 5-year follow-up, for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. PEERS has not yet been tested among adolescents with brain injury. This protocol describes a pragmatic, parallel two-group pre-test post-test randomised waitlist control trial across two sites in Australia, which aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of PEERS in adolescents with brain injury compared with usual care.Methods and analysis Forty adolescents with an acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy will be randomly assigned to either the 14-week PEERS group or waitlist care as usual group. The waitlist group will then receive PEERS following the 26-week retention time point. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 14 weeks (immediately postintervention) and 26 weeks follow-up (retention). The primary outcomes are self-report and parent report on the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales immediately post PEERS at 14 weeks. Secondary outcomes include increased frequency of get-togethers with peers with reduced conflict and increased adolescent self-reported knowledge of social skills. Acceptability and feasibility will be examined through qualitative analysis of focus group data collected after the completion of each group.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted by the Medical Research Ethics Committee Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/17/QRCH/87), The University of Queensland (2017000864) and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Ethics Committee (20170802/HREC:EC00402). The findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals, by conference presentation and newsletters to consumers.Trial registration number ACTRN12617000723381. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1e177520d8be45dd9e6a3f86e6f08b432024-11-26T19:45:14ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552019-08-019810.1136/bmjopen-2019-029587Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends projectRose Gilmore0Leanne Sakzewski1Jenny Ziviani2Sarah Mcintyre3Hayley Smithers Sheedy4Nicola Hilton5Tracey Williams6Kirsten Quinn7Anne Marie Sarandrea8Elizabeth Laugeson9Mark Chatfield10Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Children`s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia5 The University of Queensland - Saint Lucia Campus, Saint Lucia, Queensland, AustraliaCerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaCerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, Specialty of Child & Adolescent Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaQueensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Children`s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaObstetrics and Gynaecology, Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New ZealandYouth Services Department, Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaKids Rehab, The Children`s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USAQueensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre, Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, Herston, Queensland, AustraliaIntroduction Adolescents with brain injury frequently have difficulties with social competence, which persist into adulthood affecting their participation in daily life. To date, there has been limited research into the efficacy of social competence interventions in this population. Research from the Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS) has demonstrated significant improvements in social competence skills, maintained at 1-year to 5-year follow-up, for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder. PEERS has not yet been tested among adolescents with brain injury. This protocol describes a pragmatic, parallel two-group pre-test post-test randomised waitlist control trial across two sites in Australia, which aims to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and efficacy of PEERS in adolescents with brain injury compared with usual care.Methods and analysis Forty adolescents with an acquired brain injury or cerebral palsy will be randomly assigned to either the 14-week PEERS group or waitlist care as usual group. The waitlist group will then receive PEERS following the 26-week retention time point. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 14 weeks (immediately postintervention) and 26 weeks follow-up (retention). The primary outcomes are self-report and parent report on the Social Skills Improvement System Rating Scales immediately post PEERS at 14 weeks. Secondary outcomes include increased frequency of get-togethers with peers with reduced conflict and increased adolescent self-reported knowledge of social skills. Acceptability and feasibility will be examined through qualitative analysis of focus group data collected after the completion of each group.Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval has been granted by the Medical Research Ethics Committee Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/17/QRCH/87), The University of Queensland (2017000864) and the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Ethics Committee (20170802/HREC:EC00402). The findings will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals, by conference presentation and newsletters to consumers.Trial registration number ACTRN12617000723381.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e029587.full |
| spellingShingle | Rose Gilmore Leanne Sakzewski Jenny Ziviani Sarah Mcintyre Hayley Smithers Sheedy Nicola Hilton Tracey Williams Kirsten Quinn Anne Marie Sarandrea Elizabeth Laugeson Mark Chatfield Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project BMJ Open |
| title | Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project |
| title_full | Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project |
| title_fullStr | Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project |
| title_short | Multicentre, randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent-assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries: protocol for the friends project |
| title_sort | multicentre randomised waitlist control trial investigating a parent assisted social skills group programme for adolescents with brain injuries protocol for the friends project |
| url | https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/8/e029587.full |
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