Strongest Families (Formerly Family Help Program): Pediatric Anxiety
NCT ID: NCT00267566
Last Updated: 2013-09-12
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE2
91 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-08-31
2008-04-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The intervention is delivered from a distance, using educational materials (manuals, video-tapes, audio-tapes) and telephone consultation with a trained paraprofessional "coach" who is supervised by a licensed health care professional. The telephone coach delivers consistent care based on written protocols, with on-going evaluation by a professional team.
Fifty percent of the eligible participants will receive Strongest Families (formerly Family Help Program) telephone-based treatment and 50% will be referred back to their family physician to receive standard care as determined by that physician. Those receiving standard care will be evaluated for outcome results and then compared to the Family Help treated participants. It is anticipated that Family Help treatment will be proven to be as or more effective than standard care.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Treatment
50% random assignment to receive Family Help Anxiety Treatment
Strongest Families (formerly Family Help Program): Anxiety Program
Evidence-based psychological and behavioural distance intervention
Control
50% random assignment to control group to receive usual/standard care for anxiety
Strongest Families (formerly Family Help Program): Anxiety Program
Evidence-based psychological and behavioural distance intervention
Interventions
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Strongest Families (formerly Family Help Program): Anxiety Program
Evidence-based psychological and behavioural distance intervention
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* child had Anxiety symptoms for 6 months or longer
* access to a telephone in the home
* speak and write english
* mild to moderate anxiety symptomology
Exclusion Criteria
* received similar intervention within past 6 months
* excessive anxiety following a significant traumatic event
6 Years
12 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
OTHER_GOV
IWK Health Centre
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Patrick J McGrath, PhD.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
IWK Health Centre
Locations
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IWK Health Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Countries
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References
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Lingely-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. A therapeutic alliance can exist without face-to-face contact. J Telemed Telecare. 2006;12(8):396-9. doi: 10.1258/135763306779378690.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. Telehealth: a child and family-friendly approach to mental health-care reform. J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(5):225-6. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.008001.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. Distance therapeutic alliance: the participant's experience. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2007 Oct-Dec;30(4):353-66. doi: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000300184.94595.25.
McGrath PJ, Lingley-Pottie P, Emberly DJ, Thurston C, McLean C. Integrated knowledge translation in mental health: family help as an example. J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;18(1):30-7.
Lingley-Pottie P, McGrath PJ. A paediatric therapeutic alliance occurs with distance intervention. J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(5):236-40. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080101.
Lingley-Pottie P, Janz T, McGrath PJ, Cunningham C, MacLean C. Outcome progress letter types: parent and physician preferences for letters from pediatric mental health services. Can Fam Physician. 2011 Dec;57(12):e473-81.
McGrath PJ, Lingley-Pottie P, Thurston C, MacLean C, Cunningham C, Waschbusch DA, Watters C, Stewart S, Bagnell A, Santor D, Chaplin W. Telephone-based mental health interventions for child disruptive behavior or anxiety disorders: randomized trials and overall analysis. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;50(11):1162-72. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.07.013. Epub 2011 Sep 3.
Related Links
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Family Help Program
Other Identifiers
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CIHR CAHR-43273
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
2234a
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id