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Cambridge University Press, Psychological Medicine, 5(49), p. 828-842, 2018

DOI: 10.1017/s0033291718001484

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The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Incredible Years®Teacher Classroom Management programme in primary school children: results of the STARS cluster randomised controlled trial

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AbstractBackgroundWe evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Incredible Years®Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) programme as a universal intervention, given schools’ important influence on child mental health.MethodsA two-arm, pragmatic, parallel group, superiority, cluster randomised controlled trial recruited three cohorts of schools (clusters) between 2012 and 2014, randomising them to TCM (intervention) or Teaching As Usual (TAU-control). TCM was delivered to teachers in six whole-day sessions, spread over 6 months. Schools and teachers were not masked to allocation. The primary outcome was teacher-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) Total Difficulties score. Random effects linear regression and marginal logistic regression models using Generalised Estimating Equations were used to analyse the outcomes. Trial registration: ISRCTN84130388.ResultsEighty schools (2075 children) were enrolled; 40 (1037 children) to TCM and 40 (1038 children) to TAU. Outcome data were collected at 9, 18, and 30-months for 96, 89, and 85% of children, respectively. The intervention reduced the SDQ-Total Difficulties score at 9 months (mean (s.d.):5.5 (5.4) in TCMv.6.2 (6.2) in TAU; adjusted mean difference = −1.0; 95% CI−1.9 to −0.1;p= 0.03) but this did not persist at 18 or 30 months. Cost-effectiveness analysis suggested that TCM may be cost-effective compared with TAU at 30-months, but this result was associated with uncertainty so no firm conclusions can be drawn. A priori subgroup analyses suggested TCM is more effective for children with poor mental health.ConclusionsTCM provided a small, short-term improvement to children's mental health particularly for children who are already struggling.