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FRIENDS as an Indicative Prevention Program in Norway

NCT ID: NCT01802424

Last Updated: 2015-12-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-02-29

Study Completion Date

2014-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this pilot-study is to evaluate a cognitive behavioral program, the Friends-program, as indicated prevention for anxious youth. The youths are recruited by school nurses who will also lead the intervention groups applying the Friends-manual.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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The Friends program

Youth with increased levels of anxiety are thought to regulate their fear by recognizing bodily cues, learning relaxation, regulating thoughts and feelings and expose themselves to situations and objects that activate their anxiety.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

The Friends program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The Friends program is a ten weeks group interventions based on principles from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy aimed at ameliorating symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. There are age-specific versions of the manual, one for children 8-12 years and one for adolescents 12-15 years.

Interventions

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The Friends program

The Friends program is a ten weeks group interventions based on principles from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy aimed at ameliorating symptoms of anxiety and depression in children and adolescents. There are age-specific versions of the manual, one for children 8-12 years and one for adolescents 12-15 years.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* subclinical to clinical symptoms of anxiety with or without comorbid symptoms of depression

Exclusion Criteria

* previously diagnosed with conduct disorder, major life-crises that needs to be attended to, serious school refusal, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, mental retardation or autism.
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bente SM Haugland, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Uni Research Health

Locations

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Fjell municipality

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Other Identifiers

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71 FRIENDS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id