Effectiveness study of a CBT-based adolescent coping with depression course

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• Conditions: Mild/moderate depression among adolescents; Mental and Behavioural Disorders; Depression

• Registration Number: ISRCTN19700389
• Lead Sponsor: The Norwegian Center for Child Behavioral Development

Brief Summary

2016 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27431654 2019 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31117989 (added 24/05/2019) 2020 6- and 12-month follow-up results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32889703/ (added 07/09/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-10-06
• Last Update Posted: 21 September 2020
• Study Completion: 2020-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 228

Inclusion Criteria

This is a cluster-randomized design where the course-leaders are recruited from the School Health Service, Public Health Nurses, the Educational and Psychological Counselling Services (PPT). They are then taught how to recruit a group of 1st or second year students from Upper Secondary School (Videregående skole).
A complete assessment of possible participants (adolescents) has to be made by the course
instructors before acceptance into the study.

Inclusion criteria for adolescents:
1. The target population for this course is 14/15-20 years old adolescents
2. Who have subclinical depression or mild to moderate major depressive disorder (MDD), according to the criteria of the DSM
3. Inclusion criteria require normal intellectual functioning
4. With normal reading abilities, and that was evaluated through the interview.

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for adolescents:
1. Bipolar disorder
2. Psychosis
3. Substance-use
4. ADHD or ADD
5. Brain damage
6. Danger of suicide
7. Adolescents who are easily agitated
8. Adolescents who lack the ability to function in a group

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, CES-D for adolescents, at Pre-test, T1, T2, T3, T4<br> 2. Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale (DAS) (short version) at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 3. Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ) (short version) at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 4. Ruminative Response Scale (RRS) (short version) at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 5. Emotion regulation at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 6. Dropout (from school and official registries) at T1, T2, T3, T4<br> 7. Grades at T1, T2, T3, T4<br><br> Pre-test: November/December 2015, T1: January 2016 (at intervention start), T2: June 2016, T3: December 2016, T4: June 2017<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Intentions to quit school at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 2. Social and Cognitive Competence at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br> 3. Life events at Pre-test, T2, T3, T4<br><br> Pre-test: November/December 2015, T1: January 2016 (at intervention start), T2: June 2016, T3: December 2016, T4: June 2017<br>