Cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescents with thalassemia in Selangor
- Conditions
- Thalassemia in the adolescent populationCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11295199
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiti Putra Malaysia
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 170
Current inclusion criteria as of 22/02/2019:
1. Registered at the thalassemia day care center of their hospital
2. Confirmed diagnosis of thalassemia major
3. Aged 13-17 years
4. On regular blood transfusion
5. On iron chelation therapy
6. Beck Depression Inventory score >21
7. Beck Anxiety Inventory score >16
8. Able to read and write in English and Malay languages
Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Registered at the thalassemia day care center of their hospital
2. Confirmed diagnosis of thalassemia major
3. Aged 11-17 years
4. On regular blood transfusion
5. On iron chelation therapy
6. Beck Depression Inventory score >21
7. Beck Anxiety Inventory score >16
8. Able to read and write in English and Malay languages
1. On medication for anxiety and/or depression
2. Anxiety and/or depression due to other medical illness
3. Exposure to cognitive behavioral therapy and/or counseling and/or psychological therapy
4. Co-morbidity (not due to thalassemia, blood transfusion or iron chelation therapy complications), including cancer, young hypertension, epilepsy, asthma
5. Illiterate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Short and long-term effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and treatment as usual (TAU) compared to treatment as usual (TAU), assessed using the following at the baseline, immediately post-intervention, and 1, 3 and 6 months post-intervention:<br> 1. Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)<br> 2. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method