Early Intervention Coping Kids (TIM) Follow up Study

NCT ID: NCT05766072

Last Updated: 2025-02-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

450 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-03-13

Study Completion Date

2027-12-31

Brief Summary

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The project objectives are to investigate if a preventive intervention targeting anxious and sad children aged 8 to 12 years has haf the anticipated long-term effects, 5 years after receiving the intervention. Hence: will an indicated intervention reduce the incidence of common mental disorders in youth in the long term? The current study is a 5 year follow up of the previously completed RCT called the TIM-study (Clinical Trials identifier: NCT 02340637).

The aim of this study is to determine the long-term effects of the intervention to examine if true preventive effects are achieved as indicated by lower symptom levels, better functioning og fewer diagnosis of anxiety and depression 5 years after receiving an indicated preventiv intervention.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Anxiety Disorders Depression

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 arm

Youth in this arm received the intervention over 10 weeks during one semester (recruiting children over 6 semesters in total), children meeting in groups of approx. seven children. The groups were led by school health nurses.

At the same time parents met for 7 group sessions, with the children participating in four of these

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

EMOTION Kids coping with anxiety and depression (Mestrende barn in Norwegian)

Intervention Type OTHER

The intervention is transdiagnostic and based on cognitive behavioral therapy where the children and their parents meet i groups led of school health nurses. They are learning coping skills to meet challenging and avoided situations, learning about emotion regulation, physical symptoms conitive restructuring and exposure/behavioral activation. Te manual is publshed in a US/English version and in a Norwegian version.

Control arm

The youth in the control condition received treatment as usual, e.g. talks with school health nurses or no intervention

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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EMOTION Kids coping with anxiety and depression (Mestrende barn in Norwegian)

The intervention is transdiagnostic and based on cognitive behavioral therapy where the children and their parents meet i groups led of school health nurses. They are learning coping skills to meet challenging and avoided situations, learning about emotion regulation, physical symptoms conitive restructuring and exposure/behavioral activation. Te manual is publshed in a US/English version and in a Norwegian version.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants who participated in the previous randomized controlled TIM study (children then aged 8- 12 years selfreporing elevated symptom levels of anxiety and/or depression)

Exclusion Criteria

* all earlier participats from the TIM study may enter the follow up study
* participants who chose to not participate in the 5-year follow-up of the TIM study are excluded from the follow-up study.
Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

22 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Dam Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Oslo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kristin Martinsen

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jo Magne Ingul, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare (RKBU), Trondheim, Norway

Frode Adolfsen, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare North, UiT, Tromsø, Norway

Locations

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University of Oslo

Oslo, Norge, Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

References

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Angold, A., Costello, E. J., Messer, S. C., & Pickles, A. (1995). Development of a short questionnaire for use in epidemiological studies of depression in children and adolescents. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 5(4), 237-249.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Kendall, P. C., Stark, K. D., Martinsen, K., O'Neil, K. A., & Arora, P. (2013). EMOTION:

Reference Type BACKGROUND

March, J. S. (1997). MASC - Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children - Technical Manual. Toronto, Canada: Multi-Health Systems.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Martinsen, K. D., Kendall, P. C., Stark, K. D., Rodriguez, K. A. O. N., & Arora, P. (2014). Mestrende barn, gruppeledermanual barn. Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Akademisk.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Patras J, Martinsen KD, Holen S, Sund AM, Adolfsen F, Rasmussen LP, Neumer SP. Study protocol of an RCT of EMOTION: An indicated intervention for children with symptoms of anxiety and depression. BMC Psychol. 2016 Sep 26;4(1):48. doi: 10.1186/s40359-016-0155-y.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27671742 (View on PubMed)

Silverman, W. K., Albano, A.M. Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule (ADIS-IV): Child Interview Schedules. Oxford University Press, 2010).

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

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426598

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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