Coping Kids: Early Intervention for Anxiety and Depression

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Depression; Anxiety

• Registration Number: NCT02340637
• Lead Sponsor: Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to provide knowledge regarding the effect of early intervention and prevention on the development of anxiety and depression in children. The focus of the intervention is to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and help children develop skills to enhance self-esteem in order to improve life quality. Gender and ethnicity will be studied as moderating factors. Primary care givers will be trained in the use of evidence based methods for children with internalizing difficulties. Children in need will be identified and receive improved services, based on international standards. Active collaboration will be established nationally between three Centers for child and adolescent mental health (RKBU/RBUP) and internationally with Philip C. Kendall at the Temple University in Philadelphia and Kevin Stark at University of Texas at Austin.

Primary aims are to examine if an indicated group and school based program, Coping Kids, is more effective than treatment as usual (TAU) in reducing high levels of symptoms of both anxiety and depression among 8-12 year old schoolchildren, and if the the effects are stable over 12 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-03-03
• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-15
• Study First Posted: 2015-01-16
• Primary Completion: 2017-07
• Study Completion: 2017-07
• Status Verified: 2020-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-05-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 873

Inclusion Criteria

• Children at the intervention schools indicating a symptom level of, at minimum, one standard deviation above mean on anxiety and/or depression on self-report measures will be offered participation in an intervention group

Exclusion Criteria

• Children who for different reasons may not benefit from a group-process intervention (e.g. mental retardation) will be considered individually and the reasons for exclusion will be documented in the Consort flow-chart.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
MASC-C (Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children)	baseline, 10 weeks, 12 month	Children: (1) MASC-C (March, 1997): A 40- items self-report assessing change in anxiety in children and adolescents between 8 and 19 years.
MFQ (Mood and Feelings Questionnaire-short version)	baseline, 10 weeks, 12 months	Children: (2) MFQ short Version (Angold et al., 1994): A 13-items measure assessing change in cognitive, affective and behavioral-related symptoms of depression in children 8 to 18 years, with one added question about suicidality.

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway

Regional kunnskapssenter for barn og unge - Nord; 🇳🇴 Tromsø, Norway

Regional kunnskapssenter for barn og unge - Midt; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway