Internet-delivered Cystic Fibrosis Mental Health Prevention, Wellness, Resource (iCF-PWR) Program: How Does it Work?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 120
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) at Week 3-6
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of the clinical trial is to test whether a mental health program that is delivered through the Internet works well for children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their healthy siblings. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does the program improve the mental health such as depression and anxiety symptoms?
- Does the program improve overall quality of life?
- Does the program improve self-efficacy - an individual's belief in their ability to complete tasks to achieve their goals?
Participants will:
- Fill out an online survey asking questions about their personal and health information, as well as their mental health before the program
- Complete the online mental health program
- Fill out an online survey asking questions about their mental health after completing the program, and 1-month and 3-months following completing the program
Participants be compared against another group of children with CF and their healthy siblings who are on a waitlist and receiving usual CF treatment. Researchers will compare participants scores before starting the program with their scores immediately following completing the program, 1-month, and 3-month after completing the program. Researchers hope to develop a program that improves mental health, quality of life, self-efficacy, and knowledge about CF.
详细描述
BACKGROUND: Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) and family members have been shown to experience elevated psychological symptoms, such as depression and anxiety. Over the past decade, significant advances have been made in the care of people living with CF, including major steps toward assessing and promoting emotional wellness. Despite these advances, there has been no specific mental health program designed for families with CF in Canada until recently. To address the limitations of traditionally delivered mental health programs and lack of developed Internet-delivered mental health programs for children with CF and their siblings, the investigators created the self-guided Internet-delivered Cystic Fibrosis Mental Health Prevention, Wellness, and Resource (iCF-PWR) program for children with CF and their child siblings. The program was designed with a stepped-care model in mind, whereby all children with CF and their child siblings could access and benefit from this preventative program (i.e., least resource intensive intervention). If a child was in need of more intensive services prior to or following iCF-PWR completion, then services could be accessed through regular avenues (i.e., CF team, local outpatient/inpatient public mental health services, or private practice). The self-guided iCF-PWR program was informed by those with lived experiences with CF, the empirical literature [i.e., CF, mental health disorders in childhood and adolescence with chronic illnesses, universal mental health prevention in children and adolescence, stepped care, and team expertise. Individual contributions from specific children with CF and child siblings directed the development of individual program avatars and provided the personal stories and experiences embedded in the program modules. Preliminary evidence suggests that the program is deemed acceptable. However, to date the efficacy of the iCF-PWR is unknown.
PARTICIPANTS: G*Power 3.1 was used to calculate the study sample size based upon on our primary analyses (i.e., mixed model analysis of variance ANOVA]). Assuming 80% power, an alpha of 0.05, and effect size of 0.25 (small to medium effect), a sample size of at least 24 participants in each group would be needed. The investigators aim to recruit 30 participants per group to address attrition. 60 children (ages 8 to 12 years) with CF and 60 child siblings (ages 8 to 12 years) will be recruited from the CF clinics and CF Chapters, CF advocacy groups, advocacy groups for pediatric chronic illness across Canada in a 1-year prospective study. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the iCF-PWR group or the standard care group. The investigators will seek to have equal representation of gender across both groups. Following the proposed maximum program completion time-frame (i.e., 6 weeks) and follow-up time period (i.e., 3 months), those in the standard care groups will be provided access to iCF-PWR.
HYPOTHESES:
- The iCF-PWR group will have significant reductions in self-reported anxiety symptoms from pre- to post-program and at follow-up time points compared to the standard care group.
- The iCF-PWR group will have significant reductions in self-reported depressive symptoms from pre- to post-program and at follow-up time points compared to the standard care group.
- The iCF-PWR group will have significant reductions in self-reported health anxiety from pre- to post-program and at follow-up time points compared to the standard care group.
- The iCF-PWR group will have significant improvements in self-reported quality of life from pre- to post-program and at follow-up time points compared to the standard care group.
- The iCF-PWR group will have significant improvements in self-reported self-efficacy from pre- to post-program and at follow-up time points compared to the standard care group.
METHODS/PROCEDURES: Parent/guardian will be provided an overview of procedure in initial email. Via Qualtrics (i.e., online survey platform) (1) parent/guardian will be asked to complete consent form/facilitate the endorsement of assent form with child and complete and complete a short personal/health demographics questionnaire about themselves and their child, and (2) their child will be asked to complete a series of self-report questionnaires assessing anxiety, depression, health anxiety, quality of life, self-efficacy, and disease knowledge (pre-program measurement). The parent caregiver will help facilitate the child's completion of questionnaires. Parent will be asked to complete measures of parent-rated child anxiety and depression. This will take 5 minutes. Via email, child and parent/guardian will be provided a link to complete these measures once the program is completed (post-program measurement) and at two follow-up time points (1 month and 3 months post-program). Measure of satisfaction will be completed by child at post-program as well. Measures will take approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete at each time-point. Similar time-points for measure completion will be used for both study groups (i.e., iCF-PWR and standard care groups). However, the satisfaction questionnaire will not be completed by standard care group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 8 Years 至 12 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •between the ages of 8 and 12
- •have a CF diagnosis or are a sibling of a child with CF
- •can speak and read English. The research team does not have competence in other languages, further our program is delivered in English
排除标准
- •have a severe cognitive impairment or a major comorbid medical or psychiatric illness, as this may impede their ability to fully participate in the program and evaluation process
结局指标
主要结局
Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The STAI-C measures general anxiety in children on a continuous scale with items being rated on a 3-point Likert scale reflecting the frequency of anxiety symptom. Total scores can range from a minimum score of 20 to a maximum score of 60.
Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) at 1 Month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The STAI-C measures general anxiety in children on a continuous scale with items being rated on a 3-point Likert scale reflecting the frequency of anxiety symptom. Total scores can range from a minimum score of 20 to a maximum score of 60.
Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 (CDI-2) at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The CDI-2 measures cognitive, affective, and behavioural symptoms of depression in children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (absence of symptom) to 2 (definite symptom). Total raw scores are converted into T-scores with a score of 65 being indicative clinically significant depressive symptoms.
Change from Baseline in the Childhood Illness Attitudes Scale (CIAS) at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The CIAS assesses fears, beliefs, and attitudes that are associated with health anxiety and abnormal illness behaviour in school children on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale with total scores range from 29 to 87 with higher scores reflecting higher levels of health anxiety associated behaviours.
Change from Baseline in the Childhood Illness Attitudes Scale (CIAS) at 3 months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The CIAS assesses fears, beliefs, and attitudes that are associated with health anxiety and abnormal illness behaviour in school children on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale with total scores range from 29 to 87 with higher scores reflecting higher levels of health anxiety associated behaviours.
Change from Baseline in the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL-4.0) at 3 months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The PedsQL-4.0 measures health-related quality of life in healthy and acute and chronically ill children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (almost always). The PedsQL-4.0 is comprised of four generic core scales that encompass physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, and school functioning.
Change from Baseline in the Disease Knowledge Questionnaire at 3 Months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The measure was constructed to assess CF disease knowledge as it related to the iCF-PWR content. It is comprised of 13 items rated on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate greater CF disease knowledge.
Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children (STAI-C) at 3 Months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The STAI-C measures general anxiety in children on a continuous scale with items being rated on a 3-point Likert scale reflecting the frequency of anxiety symptom. Total scores can range from a minimum score of 20 to a maximum score of 60.
Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 (CDI-2) at 1 month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The CDI-2 measures cognitive, affective, and behavioural symptoms of depression in children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (absence of symptom) to 2 (definite symptom). Total raw scores are converted into T-scores with a score of 65 being indicative clinically significant depressive symptoms.
Change from Baseline in the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL-4.0) at 1 month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The PedsQL-4.0 measures health-related quality of life in healthy and acute and chronically ill children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (almost always). The PedsQL-4.0 is comprised of four generic core scales that encompass physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, and school functioning.
Change from Baseline in the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-2) at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The SEQ-C is a 21 item measures designed to assess children's perceptions of their social self-efficacy (ability to relate and get along with other peers), emotional self-efficacy (ability to regulate unpleasant emotions), and academic self-efficacy (ability to succeed in school and display appropriate learning behaviors). The three subscales each contain seven items in which participants rate their competence level on a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = not at all to 5 = very well). Scores are summed to yield a measure of self-efficacy for each domain.
Change from Baseline in the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-2) at 3 Months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The SEQ-C is a 21 item measures designed to assess children's perceptions of their social self-efficacy (ability to relate and get along with other peers), emotional self-efficacy (ability to regulate unpleasant emotions), and academic self-efficacy (ability to succeed in school and display appropriate learning behaviors). The three subscales each contain seven items in which participants rate their competence level on a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = not at all to 5 = very well). Scores are summed to yield a measure of self-efficacy for each domain.
Change from Baseline in the Disease Knowledge Questionnaire at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The measure was constructed to assess CF disease knowledge as it related to the iCF-PWR content. It is comprised of 13 items rated on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate greater CF disease knowledge.
Change from Baseline in the Disease Knowledge Questionnaire at 1 Month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The measure was constructed to assess CF disease knowledge as it related to the iCF-PWR content. It is comprised of 13 items rated on a 7-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree). Higher scores indicate greater CF disease knowledge.
Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 (CDI-2) at 3 months
时间窗: Baseline and 3-months follow up
The CDI-2 measures cognitive, affective, and behavioural symptoms of depression in children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Each item is rated on a 3-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (absence of symptom) to 2 (definite symptom). Total raw scores are converted into T-scores with a score of 65 being indicative clinically significant depressive symptoms.
Change from Baseline in the Childhood Illness Attitudes Scale (CIAS) at 1 month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The CIAS assesses fears, beliefs, and attitudes that are associated with health anxiety and abnormal illness behaviour in school children on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 3-point Likert scale with total scores range from 29 to 87 with higher scores reflecting higher levels of health anxiety associated behaviours.
Change from Baseline in the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL-4.0) at Week 3-6
时间窗: Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
The PedsQL-4.0 measures health-related quality of life in healthy and acute and chronically ill children and adolescents on a continuous scale. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (never) to 4 (almost always). The PedsQL-4.0 is comprised of four generic core scales that encompass physical functioning, emotional functioning, social functioning, and school functioning.
Change from Baseline in the Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for Children (SEQ-2) at 1 Month
时间窗: Baseline and 1-month follow up
The SEQ-C is a 21 item measures designed to assess children's perceptions of their social self-efficacy (ability to relate and get along with other peers), emotional self-efficacy (ability to regulate unpleasant emotions), and academic self-efficacy (ability to succeed in school and display appropriate learning behaviors). The three subscales each contain seven items in which participants rate their competence level on a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = not at all to 5 = very well). Scores are summed to yield a measure of self-efficacy for each domain.
Participants Qualitative Perception of Program Satisfaction at Week 3-6
时间窗: Week 3-6 (post-intervention)
Six qualitative questions designed to assess participants perception of satisfaction with the iCF-PWR program. The questions directly address perceived strengths, likability, and areas of improvement for the program. Participant responses are qualitative in nature.
次要结局
- Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 - Parent Report (CDI-2 P) at 1 Month(Baseline and 1-month follow up)
- Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 - Parent Report (CDI-2 P) at Week 3-6(Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention))
- Change from Baseline in the Children's Depression Inventory-2 - Parent Report (CDI-2 P) at 3 Months(Baseline and 3-months follow up)
- Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - Parent Version (STAI-P) at 3 Months(Baseline and 3-months follow up)
- Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - Parent Version (STAI-P) at 1 Month(Baseline and 1-month follow up)
- Change from Baseline in the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - Parent Version (STAI-P) at Week 3-6(Baseline and Week 3-6 (post-intervention))