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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12623000907640
ACTRN12623000907640
Recruiting
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A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of a digital anxiety intervention for children with reading difficulties and anxiety

niversity of New South Wales0 sites86 target enrollmentAugust 23, 2023

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of New South Wales
Enrollment
86
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
2 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 23, 2023
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
2 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Children aged 7\-12 years in Australia
  • Reading level \-1 standard deviation (SD) below average on (1\) one or more word lists from the Castles and Coltheart Reading test (CC2; regular, irregular or nonword lists) and/or (2\) the nonword or irregular word list from the Test Of Word Reading Efficiency (TOWRE)
  • Diagnosis of (1\) any anxiety disorder based on the DSM\-5\-TR (i.e. social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, specific phobia or unspecified anxiety disorder) and/or (2\) obsessive compulsive disorder assessed using the ADIS\-V.
  • Normal or corrected to normal vision and hearing (parent self\-report)
  • Willingness to give written informed consent (verbal student assent) and willingness to participate to and comply with the study.

Exclusion Criteria

  • A diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (as determined by parent self\-report) and/or Intellectual Developmental Disorder (IQ \< 75; as determined by parent\-self report)
  • A diagnosis of one or more of the following disorders if these disorders are the primary concern beyond anxiety: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (as determined by ADIS\-V or parent self\-report), Conduct Disorder (as determined by ADIS\-V or parent self\-report), Major Depressive Disorder (as determined by parent self\-report or ADIS\-V) and/or neurological condition (e.g. Epilepsy; as determined by parent self\-report)
  • Current life\-threating suicidal ideation and/or had serious suicidal ideation in the past month (as determined through parent self\-report).
  • Currently receiving one\-on\-one therapy for anxiety with a psychologist, psychiatrist or paediatrician frequently (i.e. more frequently than once every 2 months)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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