Digital Single Session Intervention for Youth Mental Health
This study is testing a digital program called "Practicing the Opposite (PTO)" for young people aged 9 to 17 who are waiting for mental health treatment. This program, lasting 30-45 minutes, aims to help with anxiety, depression, conduct disorder, and stress. Some participants will receive this digital program, while others will receive the usual care from their mental health clinic. Researchers want to see if the PTO program helps young people feel better and improves their engagement with future treatment. Success will be measured by changes in surveys about behavior and feelings, as well as scales for anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-8). The study is currently recruiting up to 226 participants.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 226 participants aged 9-17. It compares a digital program to usual clinical care.
- What's involved
- Participants will complete a 30-45 minute digital program or receive usual care. They will also complete surveys at the start, after the intervention, and then at 2 weeks and monthly until clinic treatment ends or for up to one year.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed through post-intervention, 2-week, and monthly follow-up until completion of clinic treatment or 1 year, whichever comes first.
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Digital Single Session Intervention for Youth Mental Health
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
5 sites across 2 statesStudy leadership
- Katherine Venturo-Conerly, A.B. · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Harvard University
Who to contact
This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov
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What this trial measures
- Behavior and Feelings Survey (Youth and Parent Versions)Trajectory of change in scores compared across intervention and control groups from baseline, through post-intervention, 2-week, and monthly follow-up until completion of clinic treatment or 1 year, whichever comes first.
Assesses the child's thoughts and feelings over the past week using both youth and parent report. Both the youth and parent report surveys include 12 items each scored from 04, with higher scores indicating more severe symptoms. Consists of an internalizing and externalizing subscale, the trajectories of which will be analyzed separately and compared between the intervention and control group. Note that timing described below may be adjusted if response or feedback suggests excessive measurement burden.
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale (GAD-7)Trajectory of change in scores compared across intervention and control groups from baseline, through post-intervention, 2-week, and monthly follow-up until completion of clinic treatment or 1 year, whichever comes first.
Assesses via a 7-item youth self-report questionnaire (in which scores range from 0-21, and higher scores indicate more severe symptoms) the youth's experience of anxiety symptoms. Trajectory of change on this measure will be compared between the intervention and control group. Note that timing described below may be adjusted if response or feedback suggests excessive measurement burden.
- Patient Health Questionnaire 8-item scale (PHQ-8)Trajectory of change in scores compared across intervention and control groups from baseline, through post-intervention, 2-week, and monthly follow-up until completion of clinic treatment or 1 year, whichever comes first.
Assesses via an 8-item youth self-report questionnaire (in which scores range from 0-24, and higher scores indicate more severe symptoms) the youth's experience of anxiety symptoms. Trajectory of change on this measure will be compared between the intervention and control group. Note that timing described below may be adjusted if response or feedback suggests excessive measurement burden.
- Revised Children's Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) Parent Version (Short Form)Trajectory of change in scores compared across intervention and control groups from baseline, through post-intervention, 2-week, and monthly follow-up until completion of clinic treatment or 1 year, whichever comes first.
Trajectory of change on this 24-item parent-report measure of anxiety and depression (in which scores range from 0-72 and higher scores indicate more severe symptoms) will be compared between the intervention and control group. Trajectories of change on the subscales within this measure (broad anxiety and depression) may also be analyzed similarly. Note that timing described below may be adjusted if response or feedback suggests excessive measurement burden.