Treatment program including a smartphone app addressing adolescents with problems in academic achievement and mental health problems in Cologne

Phase 2

• Conditions: F40; F91; F90; F34; Phobic anxiety disorders; F32; F33; Conduct disorders; Hyperkinetic disorders; Depressive episode

• Registration Number: DRKS00009862
• Lead Sponsor: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters der Uniklinik Köln (AKiP)

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-18
• Study Completion: 2019-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1 Student of a secondary school

2. Adequate schooling based on intellectual abilities (German School System:
•Hauptschule (basic level) - GIQ > = 85;
•Realschule (medium level) - GIQ > = 90;
•Gymnasium (high level) - GIQ > = 105
•Gesamtschule (Comprehensive schools): School recommendation or Basic Courses GIQ = 85 & Advanced courses GIQ = 105

3. Poor academic performance, which must be in the center of the problems reported

4. Grades beyond intellectuals abilities- last school report either 1*5 & 1*4 OR 3*4 (1=very good, 5= unsatisfactory)

5. Academic achievement problems (measured with SELBST- 6M (adolescent, parent and teacher) at least one questionnaire average value >=1.5

6. One of the following diagnoses: depression, ADHD, anxiety or conduct disorder

7. Must be able to attend weekly treatment sessions at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cologne

8. Student must have an Android smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

1. No need for inpatient treatment

2. None of the following diagnoses: psychotic disorder, acute suicidality or endangerment of others, autism spectrum disorder, eating disorder or severe substance abuse

3. In case of pharmacotherapy then no change of medication or dosage for 12 weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measures academic performance:<br>SELBST- CL-Leistung-Checkliste [academic performance checklist] from the manual Leistungsprobleme im Jugendalter with adolescent, parents and teacher.<br><br> (Walter, Daniel und Manfred Döpfner; Leistungsprobleme im Jugendalter: SELBST-Therapieprogramm für Jugendliche mit Selbstwert-, Leistungs-und Beziehungsstörungen. [Achievement problems during adolescence: Treatment program for adolescents with problems in self-esteem, achievement and relationships] Vol. 2. Hogrefe Verlag, 2008).<br><br>Baseline measurement (& again in experimental group after 10th therapy session) and final measurement (after twenty sessions for experimental group or twenty weeks for control group)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measure academic performance:<br>SELBST-Questionnaires (adolescent, parent, teacher) (from SELBST-manual achievement problems during adolescence)<br>-baseline, (& experimental group after every fifth therapy session) and final measurement;; <br><br><br>Measure academic performance:<br>Individual problemlist (from SELBST-manual achievement problems during adolescence)<br>-baseline, (&experimental group after every therapy session) and final measurement; <br><br>Measure mental health problems:German standardized Questionnaires: DISYPS-3 (SBB and FBB parent and teacher)- baseline and final measurement; <br><br>Measure Quality of life: Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report (WFIRS-P)-baseline and final measurement;<br><br>Measure academic performance:<br>School grades -baseline and final measurement