& Action! Piloting a hybrid intervention for children in residential care: Feasibility, acceptance and effectiveness of a creative and movement-based preventive program: A multi-centered, non-randomized, single-arm trial.

& Action! Piloting a hybrid intervention for children in residential care: Feasibility, acceptance and effectiveness of a creative and movement-based preventive program: A multi-centered, non-randomized, single-arm trial. - & Action

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00029290

Enrollment

Registered

2022-06-28

Start date

2022-05-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health prevention

Interventions

Group 1: Children and adolescents (8-14Y) will be surveyed before and after a six-week intervention with weekly group exercises of art therapy, nature therapy, children's yoga, and drama education (3

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

8 Years to 14 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Included are 8 - 14 year old children and adolescents in Berlin, who are affiliated to an outpatient (day group) and/or (partial) inpatient youth welfare facility according to SGB VIII §32 and/or §34 and who have a signed declaration of consent from a custodial person.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are a missing or revoked declaration of consent acute mental distress (psychotic episode, suicidal tendency) severe intelligence impairment restrictions in reading and language comprehension in German (regarding app usage) no possession of a compatible smartphone (Android 10.0 or higher operating system)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pre-post difference at: BYI-2: BSCI-Y: self-esteem/competence BAI-Y: anxiety symptomatology BDI-Y: depressive symptomatology BANI-Y: cognitive anger/anger symptomatology BDBI-Y: externalizing behaviors and FRKJ-8: personal and external resources as well as feasibility via self-created questionnaire/interview	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Based on usage behavior via usage data (data collection via internal server after the intervention), the feasibility of the app is assessed. In addition, a self-created interview was used to ask professionals at the facility about the feasibility (acceptance, feasibility) of the intervention.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactSusanne Birnkammer

Freie Universität Berlin

susanne.birnkammer@fu-berlin.de+49 30 838 75634

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026