The Momentum Program: Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Adolescent Anxiety and Depression Comorbidity

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Anxiety
Depression
Mental Health - Anxiety
Mental Health - Depression

Registration Number: ACTRN12622001381774

Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 270

Inclusion Criteria

Following registration and the initial assessment process that is part of the open access Momentum Platform, adolescents aged 13-17 years who are found to demonstrate comorbid anxiety and depression symptoms will be invited to participate in the study. Participants must be willing to participate in either of the two conditions (COM or PRI).

Exclusion Criteria

Potential participants will be excluded if the adolescent (i) has an intellectual or a developmental disorder (autism, developmental delay); (ii) is receiving other psychological/psychiatric treatment for their primary problem (anxiety or depression); (iii) is not stabilised on a medication prior to enrolment into this study or alters their medication dosage during the trial (if the participant is using medication for anxiety or depression); (iv) displays a high suicidal risk (i.e., a score >21 on the Suicidal Ideation Attributes Scale by Van Spijker et al. (2014)).

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Youth depressive symptoms<br><br>Depressive symptoms will be assessed with the Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for adolescents (CES-D; Radloff, 1991). [ Pre-intervention, 3-month post-baseline (primary endpoint), 9-month post-baseline follow up];Youth anxiety symptoms<br><br>Anxiety symptoms will be assessed with the Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS; Spence, 1998).[ Pre-intervention, 3-month post-baseline (primary endpoint) 9-month post-baseline follow up]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life<br><br>Quality of life will be assessed with the Child Health Utility 9 Index (CHU9D; Ratcliffe et al., 2012).[ Pre-intervention<br>Post-completion of program<br>6-month post-baseline follow up<br>12-month post-baseline follow up];Treatment satisfaction and acceptability<br><br>Treatment satisfaction and acceptability will be assessed at post-intervention with a 6-item questionnaire adapted from March et al. (2009), in which young people are asked to rate their program satisfaction on a 5-point scale. [ Post-completion of program]