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Treatment program including a smartphone app addressing adolescents with problems in academic achievement and mental health problems in Cologne

Treatment program including a smartphone app addressing adolescents with problems in academic achievement and mental health problems in Cologne

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
DRKS
Registry ID
DRKS00009862
Enrollment
60
Registered
2016-04-18
Start date
2016-04-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

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Conditions

F40 F91 F90 F32 F33 F34

Interventions

Group 1: Adolescents of the experimental group will receive a total of 20 weekly occurring, manualized treatment sessions (Walter, Daniel und Manfred Döpfner
Leistungsprobleme im Jugendalter: SELBST-Therapieprogramm für Jugendliche mit Selbstwert-, Leistungs-und Beziehungsstörungen. [Achievement problems during adolescence: Treatment program for adolescent

Sponsors

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters der Uniklinik Köln (AKiP)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
11 Years to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Student of a secondary school 2. Adequate schooling based on intellectual abilities (German School System: •Hauptschule (basic level) - GIQ > = 85; •Realschule (medium level) - GIQ > = 90; •Gymnasium (high level) - GIQ > = 105 •Gesamtschule (Comprehensive schools): School recommendation or Basic Courses GIQ = 85 & Advanced courses GIQ = 105 3. Poor academic performance, which must be in the center of the problems reported 4. Grades beyond intellectuals abilities- last school report either 1*5 & 1*4 OR 3*4 (1=very good, 5= unsatisfactory) 5. Academic achievement problems (measured with SELBST- 6M (adolescent, parent and teacher) at least one questionnaire average value >=1.5 6. One of the following diagnoses: depression, ADHD, anxiety or conduct disorder 7. Must be able to attend weekly treatment sessions at the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cologne 8. Student must have an Android smartphone

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. No need for inpatient treatment 2. None of the following diagnoses: psychotic disorder, acute suicidality or endangerment of others, autism spectrum disorder, eating disorder or severe substance abuse 3. In case of pharmacotherapy then no change of medication or dosage for 12 weeks

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Measures academic performance: SELBST- CL-Leistung-Checkliste [academic performance checklist] from the manual Leistungsprobleme im Jugendalter with adolescent, parents and teacher. (Walter, Daniel und Manfred Döpfner; Leistungsprobleme im Jugendalter: SELBST-Therapieprogramm für Jugendliche mit Selbstwert-, Leistungs-und Beziehungsstörungen. [Achievement problems during adolescence: Treatment program for adolescents with problems in self-esteem, achievement and relationships] Vol. 2. Hogrefe Verlag, 2008). Baseline measurement (& again in experimental group after 10th therapy session) and final measurement (after twenty sessions for experimental group or twenty weeks for control group)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Measure academic performance: SELBST-Questionnaires (adolescent, parent, teacher) (from SELBST-manual achievement problems during adolescence) -baseline, (& experimental group after every fifth therapy session) and final measurement;; Measure academic performance: Individual problemlist (from SELBST-manual achievement problems during adolescence) -baseline, (&experimental group after every therapy session) and final measurement; Measure mental health problems:German standardized Questionnaires: DISYPS-3 (SBB and FBB parent and teacher)- baseline and final measurement; Measure Quality of life: Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report (WFIRS-P)-baseline and final measurement; Measure academic performance: School grades -baseline and final measurement

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLavinia Thelen

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie des Kindes- und Jugendalters der Uniklinik Köln /AKiP Köln

Lavinia.Thelen@uk-koeln.de0221-478 89872

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026