Facing fears together - a pilot study on peer-mentored cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with mild intellectual disability and anxiety
- Conditions
- Fear and anxiety problems10002861
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON56512
- Lead Sponsor
- Jeugd
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Clients: 12-21 years old • An anxiety disorder diagnosis, which will be
confirmed using the SCID-5-Junior interview • A support system should be in
place to help the adolescent during the treatment. • IQ 55-85 • Significant
limitations in adaptive functioning, ABAS-3 score <85
Peer-mentors:
• 12-21 years old
• Has received a MBID diagnosis in the past
• Has finished treatment for at least one anxiety disorder
• IQ < 55 • Other anxiety focused psychological treatment concurrent with the
study. Concurrent psychopharmacological treatment is not an exclusion
criterion, but participants should be on the correct dosage at the start of the
study baseline period. Dosage changes during participation are an exclusion
criterion. • Severe language or communication problems that would interfere
with treatment
Peer-mentors:
- severe communication or language problems that would interfere with the role
pf peer-mentor
- peer-mentors will not be matched to an intended client if they know each
other
- peer-mentors will not be matched to an intended client if they experience a
clinical level of anxiety on the same topic as the client.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Semi-structured interviews with clients, parents/caregivers, peer-mentors and<br /><br>therapists about feasibility and tolerability of the intervention. Interviews<br /><br>will be coded using deductive and inductive coding. Deductive codes will be<br /><br>based on the acceptability framework. Inductive codes will be organized in<br /><br>overarching themes.<br /><br><br /><br>In addition information regarding inclusion rate, compliance with measurements<br /><br>and adherence to therapy sessions will be used to assess other aspect of<br /><br>feasibility. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1) Anxiety symptoms, anxiety diagnosis and percentage of steps taken in<br /><br>behavioral approach test<br /><br>2) Anxiety symptoms and self-efficacy of peer-mentors<br /><br>3)A semi-structured interview with therapists about usefulness of receiving an<br /><br>individualized strength/weakness profile. </p><br>