Web-based Intervention for Disaster-Affected Youth and Families

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
• Interventions: Behavioral: Bounce Back Now Website

• Registration Number: NCT01606514
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of South Carolina

Brief Summary

A single disaster, terrorist attack, or other large-scale incident can adversely affect thousands of youth and families. Immediate consequences may include unmet basic needs and high economic burden, particularly among underserved populations. Disasters also can dramatically affect family roles and relationships over time (e.g., family routines, marital stress, parent-child interactions). Whereas most youth are resilient in the aftermath of disasters (i.e., do not develop serious mental health or health-risk problems), the prevalence of various problems of public health significance (e.g., PTSD, depression, substance abuse) clearly increases in this population. This underscores the need for effective, widely accessible, culturally-appropriate and cost-efficient interventions that foster resilience or rapid recovery relative to the health effects of disasters. Yet, few evidence-informed resources are available to youth and families to facilitate post-disaster resilience and recovery. Primary aims of this project are: (a) to develop a Web-based intervention for disaster-affected adolescents and parents targeting prevalent health-related correlates of disasters (i.e., development phase), (b) to conduct a randomized controlled population-based study to examine feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the intervention (i.e., randomized controlled trial \[RCT\] phase) and cultural relevance (i.e., perceived applicability of the intervention to one's cultural group), and (c) to refine the intervention based on RCT-phase data.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-12
• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2012-05-25
• Status Verified: 2012-08
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2014-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2014-10-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

• adolescent between the ages of 12-17 and primary caregiver,
• residence in study identified location(s) at time of disaster,
• home internet connectivity

Exclusion Criteria

• adolescent's primary caregiver not available,
• no adolescents in home,
• not residing in location at time of disaster,
• poor or no internet connectivity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Child & Parenting Web-Intervention	Bounce Back Now Website	Bounce Back Now Child \& Parenting Psychoeducation and Self-Help Web-Intervention.
Child, Parenting, & Parent Web-Intervention	Bounce Back Now Website	Bounce Back Now Child, Parenting, \& Parent Psychoeducation \& Self-Help Web-Intervention.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in parent-child relationship quality	baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup
Change in adolescent mental health symptoms	baseline, 4 month followup, and 12 month followup
Change in parent mental health symptoms	baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup
Change in parent-child conflict	baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup