My Emotions Community Trial: A waitlist randomized controlled trial of a brief clinic-based parent-child emotions intervention program for children aged 5-13 years

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: emotional problems; Mental Health - Anxiety; Mental Health - Depression; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000511538
• Lead Sponsor: Monash University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

Child aged 5-13 years
Child with moderate—severe parent/caregiver-reported emotional problems
Child and parent/caregiver living in Victoria
Parent/caregiver sufficient English proficiency to provide informed consent and answer online questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded if they have acute mental health risks as identified in the screening questionnaire. Under the direction of a senior supervisor or clinic manager, they will be excluded from the research study and referred to the Child and Youth Mental Health Service in their area and/or to their paediatrician for treatment.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility[Recruitment (participant registration, screening, consent, survey completion collected via audit of records in REDCap), implementation (number of intervention sessions attended collected via audit of records in Cliniko [clinical practice management software used to maintain records for intervention sessions]). Quantitative (baseline and 3-months) and open-ended (3-months) survey questions developed for the study using a feasibility framework informed by previous research (Bowen et al., 2009) Baseline and 3-months post-randomisation];Acceptability[Quantitative (baseline and 3-months) and open-ended (3-months) survey questions developed for the study using the theoretical framework of acceptability (Sekhon et al., 2017) Baseline and 3-months post randomisation]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Children's level of emotional functioning[Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 3 months post randomisation]