None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
WHO has developed Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE), a brief group psychological intervention young adolescents impaired by distress. This trial compares participants (aged 10 to 14 years)who receive EASE with those who receive Enhanced Treatment as Usual with high psychological distress. The primary outcome is child-reported general psychological symptoms.. Outcomes will be assessed at post-treatment, 3 and 12-months.
Interventions
There are two arms to this trial. Arm 1: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions. Arm 2: Enhanced Treatment as Usual. Therapy is group-administered once-weekly for 90 minutes over 7 weeks for young adolescents. In addition, there are 3 fortnightly 90-minute group sessions that are administered separately for caregivers and occur during the course of the adolescents' program. Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions includes skills in psychoeducation, problem solving, arousal management, behavioural act
There are two arms to this trial. Arm 1: Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions. Arm 2: Enhanced Treatment as Usual. Therapy is group-administered once-weekly for 90 minutes over 7 weeks for young adolescents. In addition, there are 3 fortnightly 90-minute group sessions that are administered separately for caregivers and occur during the course of the adolescents' program. Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions includes skills in psychoeducation, problem solving, arousal management, behavioural activation, and relapse prevention. The caregiver sessions involve psychoeducation, active listening, quality time, praise, caregiver self-care and relapse prevention. The duration of the study for any participant will conclude after a 12-month follow-up assessment, resulting in participation duration of 60 weeks. Therapy is provided by local health workers. Treatment adherence is checked by supervisor observation and completing intervention checklist.
Sponsors
University of New South Wales
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
10 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria are (a) Syrian refugees, (b) Pediatric Symptom Checklist 17 score of 15, (c) can understand instructions, (d) has a caregiver who can provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria include (a) unaccompanied minors, (b) children or caregivers that are at risk for harming self and/or others, (c) children or caregivers that unable to understand explanations instructions, (d) imminent risk of child abuse and requires urgent child protection, or (e) married
Outcome results
None listed