Epilepsy and asthma-related anxiety in children: effects of EMDR.

Conditions: Angst en trauma klachten (psychologisch) gerelateerd aan aanvallen bij kinderen met epilepsie en astma
condition-related anxiety / anxiety for seizures / asthma attacks

Registration Number: NL-OMON34806

Lead Sponsor: Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

EMDR treatment trial
Children are included in the EMDR treatment trial if:
- The child is diagnosed with epilepsy or asthma;
- The child is aged between 8 and 18 years;
- The child is currently treated for epilepsy or asthma by a physician, pediatrician, or child neurologist;
- The child shows clinical or sub clinical levels of anxiety or PTSD symptoms;
- The child*s anxiety symptoms or PTSD symptoms are related to seizures or asthma attacks

Exclusion Criteria

EMDR treatment trial
Children are excluded from the EMDR treatment trial if:
- The child is diagnosed with both epilepsy and asthma, or another chronic condition;
- The child has psychogenic pseudo epilepsy seizures, or has a history of pseudo-seizures;
- The child shows no clinical levels of anxiety or PTSD symptoms;
- The child*s anxiety symptoms or PTSD symptoms are not related to epilepsy seizures or asthma attacks.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>See Method: Measurements in Protocol<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Child<br /><br>Visual Analogue Emotions Scale (VAES)<br /><br>The Children*s Responses to Trauma Inventory (CRTI; Alisic, Eland & Kleber,<br /><br>2006)<br /><br>The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional disorders (SCARED-R; Muris,<br /><br>Mayer, Bartelds, Tierney, & Bogie, 2001)<br /><br>The KIDS-SCREEN-27 (KIDSCREEN-27; Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2007)<br /><br>Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS; Lyubomirsky & Lepper, 1999)</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Zie Method: Measurements in Protocol<br /><br><br /><br><br /><br>Parents: epilepsy group<br /><br>The Parental Anxiety about Epilepsy scale (PAE; Chapieski et al., 2005)<br /><br>The Hague Seizure Severity Scale (HASS; Carpay et al., 1997)<br /><br>The KIDS-SCREEN-27 (KIDSCREEN-27; Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2007)<br /><br>Seizure frequency<br /><br><br /><br>Parents: asthma group<br /><br>Parental Anxiety for Asthma (PAA; adapted from the PAE; Chapieski et al., 2005)<br /><br>Severity of Chronic Asthma scale (SCA; Horner, Kieckhefer, & Fouladi, 2006)<br /><br>The KIDS-SCREEN-27 (KIDSCREEN-27; Ravens-Sieberer et al., 2007)<br /><br>Frequency of asthma attacks</p><br>