A digital anxiety intervention for children with reading difficulties

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Anxiety; Reading difficulties; Mental Health - Anxiety

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000907640
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of New South Wales

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 27 February 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 86

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)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety (parent-reported) measured by the Spences Child Anxiety Scale-Parent[ Baseline, 5-week, 12-week (primary timepoint), and 24-week follow-ups post-baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety (child-reported) measured by the Spences Child Anxiety Scale-Child[ Baseline, 5-week, 12-week, and 24-week follow-ups post-baseline];Remission of anxiety measured by the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS -V) - Parent[ Baseline and 12-week follow-up post-baseline];Reading accuracy measured by Castles and Coltheart Test 2 (CC2)[ Baseline and 12-week follow-ups post-baseline];Reading fluency measured by Test of Word Reading Efficiency 2 (TOWRE)[ Baseline and 12-week follow-ups post-baseline];Reading anxiety (child-reported) measured by The Macquarie Oxford Reading Anxiety Test- Child (MoRAT-C)[ Baseline, 5-week, 12-week, and 24-week follow-ups post-baseline<br>];Self-concept measured by Reader Self-Perception Scale (RSPS)[ Baseline, 12-week post-intervention, and 24-week follow-up ];Reading anxiety (parent-reported) measured by The Macquarie Oxford Reading Anxiety Test- Parent (MoRAT-P)[ Baseline, 5-week, 12-week and 24-week follow-ups post-baseline]