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Registration number
ACTRN12624001292561
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
9/08/2024
Date registered
24/10/2024
Date last updated
24/10/2024
Date data sharing statement initially provided
24/10/2024
Type of registration
Retrospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Dads Tuning in to Kids: Real-world evaluation
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Scientific title
Dads Tuning in to Kids: A dissemination trial evaluating the impact of a parenting program on emotion socialisation with fathers of 3 to 12 year old children
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
DadsTIK
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Father's mental health
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Father's parenting difficulties
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Child behaviour difficulties
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Condition category
Condition code
Mental Health
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Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
This is a dissemination trial where facilitators from 40 services will deliver the Dads Tuning in to Kids (Dads TIK) parenting program. All participants receive the intervention: there is no control condition.
Facilitators (across disciplines) from a range of services are trained and supervised to delivery the 7-session group program to fathers of 3 to 12 year old children attending their services. Training involved 13.5 hours of online Tuning in to Kids training over Zoom, followed by 4.5 hours of Dads TIK training provided 1-2 months prior to delivery of the first Dads TIK groups. Facilitators then attended a 1 hour adaptation session and 3 x 1 hour supervision sessions during the period of program delivery. Training, adaptation and supervision is provided by experienced TIK trainers.
The program is delivered by two facilitators in weekly, 2-hour group sessions, either face to face or online. Program adaptations are able to be made to ensure Dads TIK can effectively reach fathers who may not attend a parenting service.
Facilitators use a manualised delivery and fathers are given handout materials, either the standard package (Wilson et al., 2015) or a simplified English (created specifically for this study for fathers with low literacy) or translated into the relevant language. The program has skills for responding using emotion coaching with children as well as skills for fathers to understand and regulate their own emotions. Fidelity checklists are completed after each session by facilitators.
The program was delivered either face-t0-face or online using either the 7 x 2 hour
Wilson, K.R., Havighurst, S.S. & Harley, A.E. (2015). Dads Tuning in to Kids: Program Manual. The University of Melbourne.
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Intervention code [1]
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Prevention
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Comparator / control treatment
No control group
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Control group
Uncontrolled
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Father emotion socialisation
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Assessment method [1]
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Coping with Children’s Negative Emotions (CCNES; Fabes et al., 1990). Three story stems used with 7 item options per story stem (total of 21 items) rated on a 7-point likert scale from 1 (very unlikely - 7 = very likey).
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Timepoint [1]
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Baseline and immediately post-intervention follow-up
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Primary outcome [2]
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Father empathy
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Assessment method [2]
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Parent Emotional Style Questionnaire (PESQ; Havighurst et al, 2010) is an adaptation of the Maternal Emotional Style Questionnaire (MESQ; Lagacé-Séguin & Coplan, 2005). Items rated on a 1-5 likert scale from strongly disagree through to strongly agree.
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Timepoint [2]
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Baseline and immediately post-intervention follow-up
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Primary outcome [3]
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Father stress
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Assessment method [3]
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Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21 items; Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995) - Stress subscale 7 items rated on a 4-point likert scale of 0 = did not apply to me at all through to 3 = applied to me very much ore most of the time
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Timepoint [3]
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Child behaviour
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Assessment method [1]
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Fathers were asked to select a child that they had the most challenges with between the ages of 3-12 years. They were then asked to rate this child on a 7-point likert scale for different behaviours. These included an overall behaviour rating (“Thinking about the child you selected, to what extent do you think Dads TIK has helped to improve behaviour problems of the child?’ to specific challenging behaviours including: tantrums; high intensity of anger, sadness, or worry; hitting; biting; pushing; throwing; whining; talking back; mealtime problems; bedtime problems; misbehaviour at home; not listening; and not following instructions. A composite score was produced for emotional and behavioural difficulties.
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Timepoint [1]
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Father's Personal Wellbeing
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Assessment method [2]
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The Personal Wellbeing Index is a 7 item scale asking about standard of living, health, sense of achievement in life, personal relationships, safety, feeling part of a community and future security. Items are rated on a 7 point likert scale from 1= very low to 7 = very high.
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Timepoint [2]
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Baseline and immediately post-intervention follow-up
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Participant inclusion was being a father of a 3-12 year old child. However, the services that delivered the intervention were often targeting hard to reach fathers: culturally and linguistically diverse settings, court ordered/justice clients, inmates in prisons, Indigenous community services, fly-in-fly out fathers (mining areas) etc.
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
75
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Sex
Males
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
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Key exclusion criteria
None.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Prevention
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Allocation to intervention
Non-randomised trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Intervention assignment
Single group
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Statistical methods / analysis
Descriptive statistics. Paired samples T-tests. Linear mixed models.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
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Actual
1/04/2023
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
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Actual
1/05/2024
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Date of last data collection
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Actual
28/06/2024
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Sample size
Target
800
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Accrual to date
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Final
358
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,WA,VIC
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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Movember
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Address [1]
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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The University of Melbourne
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Address
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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University of Melbourne Central Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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https://research.unimelb.edu.au/work-with-us/ethics-and-integrity/our-ethics-committees
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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18/12/2022
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Approval date [1]
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17/02/2023
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Ethics approval number [1]
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2023-25163-36986-5
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Summary
Brief summary
Dads Tuning in to Kids (Dads TIK) is an evidence-based parenting program that helps fathers to understand and regulate their own emotions and to use emotion coaching with their children to promote children’s competence. Dads TIK has been selected as one of several programs to be delivered as part of the Movember 'Scaling What Works' project, with a focus on improving men's mental health outcomes. As part of the ‘Scaling What Works’ project, 40 facilitators are trained to deliver Dads TIK to approximately 800 ‘hard to reach’ fathers. This research specifically aims to explore the acceptability, effectiveness, and adaptability of Dads TIK in this ‘real world’ context. Outcomes of interest include the impact of Dads TIK on men’s health by strengthening connections between fathers and their children, supporting emotional competence, improving fathers' responses to their children's emotions and improving father’s wellbeing in order to reduce mental health problems. More broadly, the project aims to contribute to cultural change where emotions become more acceptable for men.
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Prof Sophie Havighurst
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Address
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Mindful: Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Building C, 50 Flemington Street, Travancore 3032, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Australia
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+61 3 8344 4458
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Email
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Contact person for public queries
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Sophie Havighurst
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Address
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Mindful: Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Building C, 50 Flemington Street, Travancore 3032, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Australia
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Sophie Havighurst
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Mindful: Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne, Building C, 50 Flemington Street, Travancore 3032, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Data sharing statement
Will individual participant data (IPD) for this trial be available (including data dictionaries)?
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No/undecided IPD sharing reason/comment
Small samples from individual groups. Trust was an issue anticipated by many of the participants and so sharing of data was expected to reduce study participation.
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