A pilot investigation of an online, parent-only Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) intervention for preschool children with anxiety.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety in preschool aged children; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000139875
• Lead Sponsor: Griffith University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Participants (of any age) will be included in the study if they have pre-school aged children (3-5 years at the time of intake) who meet DSM-IV criteria for a primary diagnosis of an anxiety disorder with a clinical severity rating (CSR) of at least 4 (on a 0-8 scale). Comorbidity with externalising disorders will be permissible as long as anxiety is considered primary. Families must have access to a suitable computer and the internet, and be willing to participate in either condition.

Exclusion Criteria

Children with a pervasive developmental disorder will be excluded. For ethical reasons pertaining to the danger of potential self-harm, children with clinical levels of depression (Clinician Severity Rating of 4 or higher on a 0-8 scale on the ADIS-P) will not be included in the program and will be referred elsewhere for assistance. There are no exclusion criteria for their parents.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure includes blind, independent clinical diagnostic interviews for anxiety disorders and clinician severity ratings of diagnoses using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Parent version (ADIS-P)[Pre-treatment<br>10-weeks<br>6-month follow-up];Overall adaptive functioning using the Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS: Schaffer et al., 1983). The CGAS provides a single global rating of functioning, assigned to the child by the independent, interviewing clinician, on a scale of 0 to 100, where lower scores indicate poorer functioning. A rating is given based on the child's most impaired level of general functioning for the specified time period by selecting the lowest level which describes his/her functioning on a hypothetical continuum of health-illness, benchmarked against anchor points in a descriptive glossary.[Pre-treatment<br>10-weeks<br>6-month follow-up]