Effectiveness of Six Sessions CBT for Adolescents With Emotional Problems in Community Clinics

NCT ID: NCT02150265

Last Updated: 2019-05-23

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

163 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-01

Study Completion Date

2018-03-01

Brief Summary

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Background: There is need for more effectiveness studies concerning treatment of emotional symptom problems indicating anxiety and depression in adolescents. SMART is the only treatment manual for combined emotional disorders developed in Norwegian.

Purpose: To find the best individualized treatment for adolescents with emotional difficulties by: Finding criteria for the selection of appropriate patients for treatment with cognitive-behavior therapy program SMART in an outpatient population (14-18 years). Finding predictors of completion of treatment program SMART. Examining the effects of treatment with the SMART program at 6 months follow-up.

Design: A randomized controlled study in six outpatient clinics in the north of Norway. N= 160 referred adolescents (14-18 years) with score above 6 on the Emotional Problems scale of the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Two thirds are treated according to the SMART-manual immediately, while the waiting list control group is treated with SMART after six weeks.

Hypothesis: The SMART treatment is an effective treatment for emotional symptom problems.

Publication: The results sought published internationally and nationally and will be communicated to clinicians.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder Social Phobia Agoraphobia Depression Panic Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Waiting list control group

6 week waiting list

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Individual cognitive behavioral therapy with SMART

SMART manual cognitive behavioral therapy individual weekly sessions for 6 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

SMART manual cognitive behavioral therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

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SMART manual cognitive behavioral therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Age 14 to 18 years Referred to Community Mental Health Clinic for Children and Adolescents

* Score above 6 on Emotional symptoms scale on the SDQ Fluent Norwegian language

Exclusion Criteria

* Indicators for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) Acute suicidal symptoms Psycho-active drug treatment start coinciding with start of intervention Symptoms indicating psychotic disorder
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Tromso

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Ingunn Skre, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UiT Arctic University of Norway

Simon-Peter Neumer, Dr philos

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse, Sør-Øst

Locations

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University Hospital of North Norway

Tromsø, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Lorentzen V, Fagermo K, Handegard BH, Neumer SP, Skre I. Long-term effectiveness and trajectories of change after treatment with SMART, a transdiagnostic CBT for adolescents with emotional problems. BMC Psychol. 2022 Jul 5;10(1):167. doi: 10.1186/s40359-022-00872-y.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35791020 (View on PubMed)

Lorentzen V, Fagermo K, Handegard BH, Skre I, Neumer SP. A randomized controlled trial of a six-session cognitive behavioral treatment of emotional disorders in adolescents 14-17 years old in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). BMC Psychol. 2020 Mar 14;8(1):25. doi: 10.1186/s40359-020-0393-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32171328 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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8563/PFP1112-13

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2011/1937

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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