What Matters to You?

NCT ID: NCT03014596

Last Updated: 2020-02-10

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-31

Study Completion Date

2018-06-30

Brief Summary

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Procedures for systematic user involvement in primary mental health services are lacking, and several adolescents are dissatisfied with their opportunities to influence the service provided. The research on the effects of user involvement is scarce, especially regarding user involvement for children and adolescents. Hence, we suggest introducing an idiographic assessment tool in a selection of Norwegian primary mental health services. Idiographic assessment is a way of measuring psychological constructs, by using tools specifically adapted for each individual respondent.

This protocol describes the implementation and evaluation of a user involvement tool called 'Assert', in Norwegian primary mental health services. Assert is a simple tool where the adolescents themselves decide the goals or themes that they would like to address in collaboration with their service provider. Assert is scored each time the adolescent and the service provider meet, to monitor progress toward the goal. A randomised controlled trial design is proposed for this study. Assert will be implemented in 5-10 Norwegian municipalities, and will include 250 participants between 12 and 23 years. The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between Assert and perceived user involvement. Are idiographic measures an adequate way to operationalise user involvement on an individual level? And if so, can user involvement (i.e. Assert) have an effect on quality of life and mental health in adolescents? And lastly qualitative analyses of the adolescents' themes and goals will be conducted to explore what matters to the adolescents that visit primary mental health services in Norwegian municipalities.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Behavioural, Emotional, and Psychosocial Problems

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Intervention

The Assert-method will be used in the counselling of adolescents with mental health problems

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Assert

Intervention Type OTHER

The Assert-method is a counselling method used to assess and systematically follow up the individual adolescents' perceived needs.

Control

Treatment as usual, i.e. tha Assert-method will not be used in the counselling

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Assert

The Assert-method is a counselling method used to assess and systematically follow up the individual adolescents' perceived needs.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adolescents between 12 and 23 years, with behavioural, emotional, and psychosocial problems

Exclusion Criteria

* severe psychopathological disorders
* severe drug addiction
* intellectual disabilities
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

23 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Norwegian Extra Foundation for Health and Rehabilitation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Regionsenter for barn og unges psykiske helse

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Simon-Peter Neumer

PhD

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Turid Suzanne Berg-Nielsen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Regional Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (RBUP)

Locations

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Ål kommune

Ål, , Norway

Site Status

Ringerike kommune

Hønefoss, , Norway

Site Status

Kongsberg kommune

Kongsberg, , Norway

Site Status

Skedsmo kommune

Lillestrøm, , Norway

Site Status

Lørenskog kommune

Lørenskog, , Norway

Site Status

Eidsberg Kommune

Mysen, , Norway

Site Status

Bydel Søndre Nordstrand

Oslo, , Norway

Site Status

UngArena

Oslo, , Norway

Site Status

Familiehuset Adler

Tønsberg, , Norway

Site Status

Nome kommune

Ulefoss, , Norway

Site Status

Våler kommune

Våler, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Tollefsen TK, Neumer SP, Berg-Nielsen TS. "What matters to you?": A randomized controlled effectiveness trial, Using Systematic Idiographic Assessment as an intervention to Increase Adolescents' perceived control of their mental health. J Adolesc. 2020 Jan;78:53-61. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.11.006. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31835096 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2016/FO77493

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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