Online-Delivered Over Staff-Delivered Parenting Intervention for Young Children With Disruptive Behavior Problems: Cost-Minimization Analysis

High-prevalence childhood mental health problems like early-onset disruptive behavior problems (DBPs) pose a significant public health challenge and necessitate interventions with adequate population reach. The treatment approach of choice for childhood DBPs, namely evidence-based parenting interven...

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Published in:JMIR pediatrics and parenting 2022-03, Vol.5 (1), p.e30795-e30795
Main Authors: Ingels, Justin B, Corso, Phaedra S, Prinz, Ronald J, Metzler, Carol W, Sanders, Matthew R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Child & adolescent mental health
Children & youth
Clinical trials
Costs
Families & family life
Goal setting
Intervention
Mental health
Original Paper
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Supervision
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Summary:High-prevalence childhood mental health problems like early-onset disruptive behavior problems (DBPs) pose a significant public health challenge and necessitate interventions with adequate population reach. The treatment approach of choice for childhood DBPs, namely evidence-based parenting intervention, has not been sufficiently disseminated when relying solely on staff-delivered services. Online-delivered parenting intervention is a promising strategy, but the cost minimization of this delivery model for reducing child DBPs is unknown compared with the more traditional staff-delivered modality. This study aimed to examine the cost-minimization of an online parenting intervention for childhood disruptive behavior problems compared with the staff-delivered version of the same content. This objective, pursued in the context of a randomized trial, made use of cost data collected from parents and service providers. A cost-minimization analysis (CMA) was conducted comparing the online and staff-delivered parenting interventions. Families (N=334) with children 3-7 years old, who exhibited clinically elevated disruptive behavior problems, were randomly assigned to the two parenting interventions. Participants, delivery staff, and administrators provided data for the CMA concerning family participation time and expenses, program delivery time (direct and nondirect), and nonpersonnel resources (eg, space, materials, and access fee). The CMA was conducted using both intent-to-treat and per-protocol analytic approaches. For the intent-to-treat analyses, the online parenting intervention reflected significantly lower program costs (t =23.2; P
ISSN:2561-6722
2561-6722
DOI:10.2196/30795