Refugees Well School (Finland): effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions for refugee and immigrant childre
- Conditions
- Psychosocial wellbeingMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN64245549
- Lead Sponsor
- Tampere University
- Brief Summary
2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35086535/ (added 22/04/2022) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35329374/ (added 05/09/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3062
The participating schools were recruited based on three criteria:
1. Voluntariness i.e., based on advertised information school authorities expressed their needs and willingness to participate in interventions
2. A considerable share of refugee and immigrant background pupils in secondary school classes (13–15-year-olds), estimated as 30–50% in classes
3. The school accepted to serve as a waiting-list school until the next school year. Additional recruitment was targeted to schools locating near asylum-seeker centers
Inclusion criteria for INSETT schools:
1. Must be multi-ethnic secondary schools that have grades 7–9 and preparatory classes for newcomer adolescents
2. Must have an interest in participating in the psychosocial school interventions
Inclusion criteria for teachers: Teacher consents to participation
Inclusion criteria for adolescents who receive TRT:
1. Adolescent self-consents to participate
2. CRIES-8 score = 17
3. Participation in TRT group recommended by TRT-trained student welfare professional
Inclusion criteria for parents/guardians:
1. Parent/guardian consents to participation
2. Parent/guardian has a child who receives TRT
Inclusion criteria for adolescents not receiving TRT: Adolescent self-consents to participate
Inclusion criteria for PIER schools:
1. Must be multi-ethnic secondary schools that have grades 7–9
2. Must have an interest in participating in the psychosocial school interventions
Inclusion criteria for adolescents receiving PIER: Adolescent self-consents to participate
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured at baseline, after the intervention, and at follow up.<br> 1. Psychological distress and prosocial behavior measured using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)<br> 2. Positive development and resilience: Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-12)<br> 3. PTSD symptoms: Children's Revised Impact of Events Scale (CRIES-8)<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method