VP3: Vancouver Primary Prevention Program (Anxiety Disorders Prevention in School Children)

University of British Columbia1 site in 1 country281 target enrollmentNovember 2002

ConditionsAnxiety

Overview

Objective:

To evaluate the efficacy of a school-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) program in reducing anxiety disorder symptoms in at-risk public school children.
To determine whether parent education and involvement improves outcome in anxious children treated with CBT.
To determine the ability of school personnel in a) recognizing classroom behaviors as anxiety disordered after targeting training of observable child behaviors e.g., avoidance, over-worry, etc.), and b) delivering a cognitive behavior intervention and
To evaluate a new measure of teacher-rated anxiety disorder symptoms in children.

Hypothesis:

A CBT oriented intervention as delivered by school personnel will be superior to an attention control procedure in reducing anxiety symptoms in at-risk children.
Children who have parental involvement will post stronger and more enduring treatment gains.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

November 2002

End Date

June 2005

Last Updated

20 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Sponsor

•Children enrolled in school between the ages of 7 and 13 who display anxiety symptoms.
•Anxiety disorder symptoms (identified by a score of 56 or higher on the MASC; and teacher report, and /or parent recommendation) as the primary presenting problem. An enrolled child must have at least 2 of these criterions.
•Fluency in English.
•Parent willingness to sign consent form and to complete required assessments.
•Student willingness to participate (child assent) in 10-week affective education program and completion of required assessments.