None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of the study was to assess whether a programme designed to prevent the development of anxiety and depressive disorders in children with symptoms of anxiety could be effective when run by teachers within the school system. We predicted that children who completed the intervention would be less likely to develop anxiety or depressive disorders in their adolescence than similarly "at-risk" children who did not receive the intervention.
Interventions
The intervention was 10 weekly 1-hour session of cognitive behavioural treatment for anxiety problems. The manualised treatment programme (FRIENDS) was used which included the following strategies: participants learning awareness of anxiety symptoms; learning to relax, learning to challenge unhelpful thoughts, using graded exposure to overcome avoidance and learning problem solving.
Sponsors
Dr Caroline Hunt
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
11 Years to 13 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Students in grade 7 of high school were identified by self or teacher report as experiencing anxiety symptoms.
Exclusion criteria
Students did not speak english at home, had substantial learning problems or developmental delay, or were identified by teachers as clearly having no anxiety problems.
Outcome results
None listed