Early Intervention and Treatment Prediction in Childhood Specific Phobias: Combining One-Session-Treatment with App-based Technology

Recruiting

Conditions: anxiety
Specific phobia
10002861

Registration Number: NL-OMON55077

Lead Sponsor: niversiteit Leiden

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 137

Inclusion Criteria

(a) Meet DSM-IV criteria for a specific phobia with a severity score of 4 or
higher determined with the anxiety disorders interview schedule ( ADIS-IV-C/P)
(b) At least one parent/caregiver is willing to be involved in the study and
active consent is obtained from both legal guardians and of the child if 12
years or older
(c) Fluent in German (Bochum site), Dutch (sites in the Netherlands) or
English (all sites)
(d) 7 - 14 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

(a) A comorbid problem that requires attention/treatment more immediate than
the specific phobia (e.g. severe depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation,
psychosis, trauma)
(b) Child hazard (e.g. suspected child maltreatment)
(c) Problems with understanding the procedure (e.g. being intellectually unable
or nonverbal)
(d) Changes in anxiety medication during the treatment
(e) Other treatment targeting anxiety complaints at the time of the study

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameters will be the clinician severity rating of the specific<br /><br>phobia, an assessment of behavioral avoidance of the feared stimulus with the<br /><br>Behavioral Avoidance Task, the Sheehan Disiability questionnaire to assess<br /><br>interference with daily life and a form on which the specific fear(s) are<br /><br>listed with a rating of how afraid the child is of this object/situation and<br /><br>how often he/she avoids this. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures